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package org.apache.catalina.cluster;

import org.apache.catalina.cluster.tcp.SimpleTcpCluster;


/**
 * 
 * @author Filip Hanik
 * @author Peter Rossbach
 * @version $Revision$, $Date$
 *
 */
public interface ClusterSender
{

    public void add(Member member);

    public void remove(Member member);

    public void start() throws java.io.IOException;

    public void stop();

    public void backgroundProcess() ;

    public void sendMessage(ClusterMessage message, Member member) throws java.io.IOException;

    public void sendMessage(ClusterMessage message) throws java.io.IOException;
    
    public void sendMessageClusterDomain(ClusterMessage message) throws java.io.IOException;

    public boolean isWaitForAck();
    public void setWaitForAck(boolean isWaitForAck);

    public boolean isCompress() ;
    public void setCompress(boolean compress);

    /**
     * @param cluster
     */
    public void setCatalinaCluster(SimpleTcpCluster cluster);

}