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package org.apache.catalina.cluster;

import org.apache.catalina.Cluster;
import org.apache.catalina.cluster.io.ListenCallback;
import org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException;
import org.apache.catalina.Valve;
import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
import org.apache.catalina.Manager;

/**
 * A <b>CatalinaCluster</b> interface allows to plug in and out the 
 * different cluster implementations
 *
 * @author Filip Hanik
 * @version $Revision$, $Date$
 */

public interface CatalinaCluster
    extends Cluster,ListenCallback {
    // ----------------------------------------------------- Instance Variables

    /**
     * Descriptive information about this component implementation.
     */
    public String info = "CatalinaCluster/1.0";
    
    /**
     * Start the cluster, the owning container will invoke this
     * @throws Exception - if failure to start cluster
     */
    public void start() throws Exception;
    
    /**
     * Stops the cluster, the owning container will invoke this
     * @throws LifecycleException
     */
    public void stop() throws LifecycleException;
    
    /**
     * Returns the associates logger with this cluster
     * @return Log
     */
    public Log getLogger();
    
    /**
     * Sends a message to all the members in the cluster
     * @param msg SessionMessage
     */
    public void send(ClusterMessage msg);
    
    /**
     * Sends a message to a specific member in the cluster
     * @param msg SessionMessage
     * @param dest Member
     */
    public void send(ClusterMessage msg, Member dest);
    
    /**
     * returns all the members currently participating in the cluster
     * @return Member[]
     */
    public Member[] getMembers();
    
    /**
     * Return the member that represents this node.
     * @return Member
     */
    public Member getLocalMember();
    
    public void setClusterSender(ClusterSender sender);
    
    public ClusterSender getClusterSender();
    
    public void setClusterReceiver(ClusterReceiver receiver);
    
    public ClusterReceiver getClusterReceiver();
    
    public void setMembershipService(MembershipService service);
    
    public MembershipService getMembershipService();
    
    public void addValve(Valve valve);
    
    public void addClusterListener(MessageListener listener);
    
    public void removeClusterListener(MessageListener listener);
    
    public void setClusterDeployer(ClusterDeployer deployer);
    
    public ClusterDeployer getClusterDeployer();
    
    public Manager getManager(String name);
    public void removeManager(String name);
    
}