001    /*
002     * Copyright 2010 Red Hat, Inc.
003     * Red Hat licenses this file to you under the Apache License, version
004     * 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
005     * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
006     *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
007     * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
008     * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
009     * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or
010     * implied.  See the License for the specific language governing
011     * permissions and limitations under the License.
012     */
013    
014    package org.hornetq.spi.core.protocol;
015    
016    import org.hornetq.api.core.HornetQBuffer;
017    import org.hornetq.spi.core.remoting.BufferDecoder;
018    import org.hornetq.spi.core.remoting.Connection;
019    
020    /**
021     * A ProtocolManager
022     *
023     * @author Tim Fox
024     *
025     *
026     */
027    public interface ProtocolManager extends BufferDecoder
028    {
029       ConnectionEntry createConnectionEntry(Connection connection);
030       
031       public void removeHandler(final String name);
032    
033       public int isReadyToHandle(HornetQBuffer buffer);
034       
035       void handleBuffer(RemotingConnection connection, HornetQBuffer buffer);
036    
037    }