plumtree/src/main/java/org/apache/tuweni/plumtree/MessageSender.java

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package org.apache.tuweni.plumtree;

import org.apache.tuweni.bytes.Bytes;

import javax.annotation.Nullable;

/**
 * Interface to sending messages to other peers.
 */
public interface MessageSender {

  /**
   * Types of verbs supported by the dialect
   */
  enum Verb {
    IHAVE, GRAFT, PRUNE, GOSSIP
  }

  /**
   * Sends bytes to a peer.
   * 
   * @param verb the type of message
   * @param attributes the attributes of message
   * @param peer the target of the message
   * @param hash the hash of the message
   * @param payload the bytes to send
   */
  void sendMessage(Verb verb, String attributes, Peer peer, Bytes hash, @Nullable Bytes payload);

}