hyracks/hyracks-net/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/net/protocols/muxdemux/IChannelWriteInterface.java

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package org.apache.hyracks.net.protocols.muxdemux;

import org.apache.hyracks.net.buffers.IBufferAcceptor;
import org.apache.hyracks.net.buffers.ICloseableBufferAcceptor;

/**
 * Represents the write interface of a {@link ChannelControlBlock}.
 * 
 * @author vinayakb
 */
public interface IChannelWriteInterface {
    /**
     * Set the callback interface that must be invoked when a full buffer has been emptied by
     * writing the data to the remote end.
     * 
     * @param emptyBufferAcceptor
     *            - the empty buffer acceptor.
     */
    public void setEmptyBufferAcceptor(IBufferAcceptor emptyBufferAcceptor);

    /**
     * Get the full buffer acceptor that accepts buffers filled with data that need to be written
     * to the remote end.
     * 
     * @return the full buffer acceptor.
     */
    public ICloseableBufferAcceptor getFullBufferAcceptor();

    /**
     * Set the buffer factory which is in charge of creating buffers if the request does not
     * make the number of allocated buffers goes beyond limit
     * 
     * @param bufferFactory
     *            - the buffer factory
     * @param limit
     *            - the limit of buffers
     * @param frameSize
     *            - the size of each buffer
     */
    public void setBufferFactory(IBufferFactory bufferFactory, int limit, int frameSize);
}