package lava.net.mmp;

import java.io.IOException;
import lava.net.common.UNA;
import lava.net.common.Value;
import lava.net.common.VariableNormalizer;

/**
 *
 **/
public abstract class MMPDispatcher 
{
   /**
    *
    **/
   public MMPDispatcher(MMPDispatcherPeer peer, //
   VariableNormalizer normalizer)
   {
      if(peer == null || normalizer == null)
         throw new IllegalArgumentException();
   }

   /**
    *
    **/
   public MMPDispatcher(MMPDispatcherPeer peer, //
   VariableNormalizer normalizer, boolean listen)
   {
      this (peer,normalizer);
   }

   /**
    *
    **/
   public abstract Value usingProtocols()
;
   /**
    *
    **/
   public abstract UNA listen(UNA listenLocation) throws IOException
;
   /**
    *
    **/
   public abstract void remove(UNA listenLocation)
;
   /**
    *
    **/
   public abstract UNA[] getListenLocations()
;
   /**
    *
    **/
   public abstract void close()
;
   /**
    *
    **/
   public abstract void forget(UNA remote)
;
   /**
    *
    **/
   public abstract void close(UNA remote)
;
   /**
    *
    **/
   public abstract UNA getLocal(UNA destination) throws IOException
;
   /**
    *
    **/
   public abstract void send(UNA destination, MMPPacket packet) //
   throws IOException
;
}