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package org.ietf.ldap;

import java.io.Serializable;
import java.util.Vector;

/**
 * A queue of response messsages from the server. Multiple requests
 * can be multiplexed on the same queue. For synchronous LDAPConnection
 * requests, there will be only one request per queue. For asynchronous
 * LDAPConnection requests, the user can add multiple request to the
 * same queue.
 *
 */
public interface LDAPMessageQueue {

    /**
     * Returns the count of queued messages
     * @return message count
     */
    public int getMessageCount();

    /**
     * Returns a list of message IDs for all outstanding requests
     * @return message ID array.
     */
    public int[] getMessageIDs();

    /**
     * Blocks until a response is available or until all operations
     * associated with the object have completed or been canceled
     *
     * @return LDAP message or null if there are no more outstanding requests.
     * @exception LDAPException Network error exception
     * @exception LDAPInterruptedException The invoking thread was interrupted
     */
    public LDAPMessage getResponse() throws LDAPException;

    /**
     * Blocks until a response is available for a particular message ID, or 
     * until all operations associated with the message ID have completed or 
     * been canceled, and returns the response. If there is no outstanding 
     * operation for the message ID (or if it is zero or a negative number), 
     * IllegalArgumentException is thrown.
     *
     * @param msgid A particular message to query for responses available
     * @return a response for an LDAP operation or null if there are no
     * more outstanding requests.
     * @exception LDAPException Network error exception
     * @exception LDAPInterruptedException The invoking thread was interrupted
     */

    public LDAPMessage getResponse( int msgid )
        throws LDAPException;

    /**
     * Checks if a response message has been received
     *
     * @return true or false.
     */
    public boolean isResponseReceived();

    /**
     * Reports true if a response has been received from the server for a 
     * particular message ID. If there is no outstanding operation for the 
     * message ID (or if it is zero or a negative number), 
     * IllegalArgumentException is thrown.
     *
     * @param msgid A particular message to query for responses available
     * @return a flag indicating whether the response message queue is empty
     */
    public boolean isResponseReceived( int msgid );

    /**
     * Merge two message queues.
     * Move/append the content from another message queue to this one.
     * 
     * To be used for synchronization of asynchronous LDAP operations where
     * requests are sent by one thread but processed by another one
     * 
     * A client may be implemented in such a way that one thread makes LDAP
     * requests and calls l.getMessageIDs(), while another thread is
     * responsible for
     * processing of responses (call l.getResponse()). Both threads are using
     * the same queue objects. In such a case, a race
     * condition may occur, where a LDAP response message is retrieved and
     * the request terminated (request ID removed) before the first thread
     * has a chance to execute l.getMessageIDs().
     * The proper way to handle this scenario is to create a separate queue
     * for each new request, and after l.getMessageIDs() has been invoked,
     * merge the
     * new request with the existing one.
     * @param mq2 message queue to merge with this one
     */
    public void merge( LDAPMessageQueue mq2 );
}