trunk/protocol-shared/src/main/java/org/apache/directory/server/protocol/shared/ProtocolService.java

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package org.apache.directory.server.protocol.shared;


import org.apache.directory.server.protocol.shared.transport.Transport;
import org.apache.mina.transport.socket.DatagramAcceptor;
import org.apache.mina.transport.socket.SocketAcceptor;


/**
 * Minimum functionality required by an ApacheDS protocol service.
 *
 * @author <a href="mailto:dev@directory.apache.org">Apache Directory Project</a>
 */
public interface ProtocolService
{
    /**
     * Stops this ProtocolService which unbinds acceptors on the protocol port.
     *
     * @throws Exception if there are problems stopping this service
     */
    void stop() throws Exception;


    /**
     * Starts this ProtocolService which binds acceptors on the protocol port.
     *
     * @throws Exception if there are problems starting this service
     */
    void start() throws Exception;


    /**
     * Gets whether or not this service has been started.
     *
     * @return true if the service has started, false otherwise
     */
    boolean isStarted();


    /**
     * If this protocol service supports UDP transport then this gets the
     * non-null MINA DatagramAcceptor it uses.
     *
     * @return the MINA DatagramAcceptor used for UDP transports
     */
    DatagramAcceptor getDatagramAcceptor( Transport transport );


    /**
     * If this protocol service support TCP transport then this gets the
     * MINA SocketAcceptor it uses.
     *
     * @return the MINA SocketAcceptor used for TCP transport
     */
    SocketAcceptor getSocketAcceptor( Transport transport );


    /**
     * Services can be enabled or disabled. If enabled they will be started, if
     * not they will not.
     *
     * @return true if this service is to be started, false otherwise
     */
    boolean isEnabled();


    /**
     * Sets whether or not this ProtocolService is enabled.
     *
     * @param enabled true to enable, false to disable
     */
    void setEnabled( boolean enabled );


    /**
     * Gets the instance identifier for this ProtocolService.
     *
     * @return the identifier for the service instance
     */
    String getServiceId();


    /**
     * Sets the instance identifier for this ProtocolService.
     *
     * @param serviceId an identifier for the service instance
     */
    void setServiceId( String serviceId );


    /**
     * Gets a descriptive name for the kind of service this represents.
     * This name is constant across instances of this ProtocolService.
     *
     * @return a descriptive name for the kind of this service
     */
    String getServiceName();


    /**
     * Sets the descriptive name for the kind of service this represents.
     * This name is constant across instances of this ProtocolService.
     * 
     * @param name a descriptive name for the kind of this service
     */
    void setServiceName( String name );
}