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package flex.messaging.cluster;

import java.util.List;

/**
 *
 * This interface represents a handler for a message broadcast by a Cluster.
 * Clusters broadcast messages across their physical nodes, and when they
 * receive those messages they locate a BroadcastHandler capable of handling
 * the broadcast.
 */
public interface BroadcastHandler
{
    /**
     * Handle the broadcast message.
     *
     * @param sender sender of the original message
     * @param params any parameters need to handle the message
     */
    void handleBroadcast(Object sender, List<Object> params);

    /**
     * Determine whether this Handler supports a particular operation by name.
     *
     * @return whether or not this handler supports the named operation
     * @param name name of the operation
     */
    boolean isSupportedOperation(String name);
}