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gzz-mirror/Java/net/ReliableUDPMessageFactory.java
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/*
ReliableUDPMessageFactory.java
*
* You may use and distribute under the terms of either the GNU Lesser
* General Public License, either version 2 of the license or,
* at your choice, any later version. Alternatively, you may use and
* distribute under the terms of the XPL.
*
* See the LICENSE.lgpl and LICENSE.xpl files for the specific terms of
* the licenses.
*
* This software is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the README
* file for more details.
*
*/
/* Written by Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho */
package org.gzigzag.net;
/** A factory creating ReliableUDPMessage objects for the use of a
* ReliableUDPSocket.
* Typically each application of the reliable UDP
* scheme implements this interface along with subclassing
* ReliableUDPMessage.
*/
public interface ReliableUDPMessageFactory {
/** Create a ReliableUDPMessage object from the bytes given. Note
* that the seq, ack and optionally timestamp fields in the
* ReliableUDPMessage need to be set from the message too. */
ReliableUDPMessage makeMessage(byte[] message);
/** Create a fresh ReliableUDPMessage that is a no-op to a
* receiver. The return value is used to a acknowledge packets
* when no payload is available for the ack message. */
ReliableUDPMessage makeNoOp();
}