src/java/org/apache/jcs/auxiliary/remote/behavior/IRemoteCacheListener.java

package org.apache.jcs.auxiliary.remote.behavior;

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import java.io.IOException;
import java.rmi.Remote;

import org.apache.jcs.engine.behavior.ICacheListener;

/**
 * Listens for remote cache event notification ( rmi callback ).
 */
public interface IRemoteCacheListener
    extends ICacheListener, Remote
{
    /** SERVER_LISTENER -- for the cluster */
    public final static int SERVER_LISTENER = 0;

    /** CLIENT_LISTENER -- these aren't used any longer. remove */
    public final static int CLIENT_LISTENER = 1;

    /**
     * Get the id to be used by this manager.
     * <p>
     * @return long
     * @throws IOException
     */
    public long getListenerId()
        throws IOException;

    /**
     * Set the id to be used by this manager. The remote cache server identifies clients by this id.
     * The value will be set by the server through the remote cache listener.
     * <p>
     * @param id
     * @throws IOException
     */
    public void setListenerId( long id )
        throws IOException;

    /**
     * Gets the remoteType attribute of the IRemoteCacheListener object
     * <p>
     * @return The remoteType value
     * @throws IOException
     */
    public int getRemoteType()
        throws IOException;

    /**
     * This is for debugging. It allows the remote cache server to log the address of any listeners
     * that register.
     * <p>
     * @return the local host address.
     * @throws IOException
     */
    public String getLocalHostAddress()
        throws IOException;

    /**
     * Deregisters itself.
     * <p>
     * @throws IOException
     */
    public void dispose()
        throws IOException;
}