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package org.apache.mina.filter.codec.demux;

import org.apache.mina.common.ByteBuffer;
import org.apache.mina.common.IoSession;
import org.apache.mina.filter.codec.ProtocolDecoderOutput;

/**
 * Decodes specific messages.
 * 
 * @author The Apache Directory Project (mina-dev@directory.apache.org)
 * @version $Rev: 555855 $, $Date: 2007-07-13 12:19:00 +0900 (Fri, 13 Jul 2007) $
 * 
 * @see DemuxingProtocolCodecFactory
 * @see MessageDecoderFactory
 */
public interface MessageDecoder {
    /**
     * Represents a result from {@link #decodable(IoSession, ByteBuffer)} and
     * {@link #decode(IoSession, ByteBuffer, ProtocolDecoderOutput)}.  Please
     * refer to each method's documentation for detailed explanation.
     */
    static MessageDecoderResult OK = MessageDecoderResult.OK;

    /**
     * Represents a result from {@link #decodable(IoSession, ByteBuffer)} and
     * {@link #decode(IoSession, ByteBuffer, ProtocolDecoderOutput)}.  Please
     * refer to each method's documentation for detailed explanation.
     */
    static MessageDecoderResult NEED_DATA = MessageDecoderResult.NEED_DATA;

    /**
     * Represents a result from {@link #decodable(IoSession, ByteBuffer)} and
     * {@link #decode(IoSession, ByteBuffer, ProtocolDecoderOutput)}.  Please
     * refer to each method's documentation for detailed explanation.
     */
    static MessageDecoderResult NOT_OK = MessageDecoderResult.NOT_OK;

    /**
     * Checks the specified buffer is decodable by this decoder.
     * 
     * @return {@link #OK} if this decoder can decode the specified buffer.
     *         {@link #NOT_OK} if this decoder cannot decode the specified buffer.
     *         {@link #NEED_DATA} if more data is required to determine if the
     *         specified buffer is decodable ({@link #OK}) or not decodable
     *         {@link #NOT_OK}.
     */
    MessageDecoderResult decodable(IoSession session, ByteBuffer in);

    /**
     * Decodes binary or protocol-specific content into higher-level message objects.
     * MINA invokes {@link #decode(IoSession, ByteBuffer, ProtocolDecoderOutput)}
     * method with read data, and then the decoder implementation puts decoded
     * messages into {@link ProtocolDecoderOutput}.
     * 
     * @return {@link #OK} if you finished decoding messages successfully.
     *         {@link #NEED_DATA} if you need more data to finish decoding current message.
     *         {@link #NOT_OK} if you cannot decode current message due to protocol specification violation.
     *         
     * @throws Exception if the read data violated protocol specification 
     */
    MessageDecoderResult decode(IoSession session, ByteBuffer in,
            ProtocolDecoderOutput out) throws Exception;

    /**
     * Invoked when the specified <tt>session</tt> is closed while this decoder was
     * parsing the data.  This method is useful when you deal with the protocol which doesn't
     * specify the length of a message such as HTTP response without <tt>content-length</tt>
     * header. Implement this method to process the remaining data that
     * {@link #decode(IoSession, ByteBuffer, ProtocolDecoderOutput)} method didn't process
     * completely.
     * 
     * @throws Exception if the read data violated protocol specification
     */
    void finishDecode(IoSession session, ProtocolDecoderOutput out)
            throws Exception;
}
