ca.sqlpower.wabit.dao
Interface MessageSender<T>

Type Parameters:

T - The Object type that will represent the content of the message

All Known Implementing Classes:

HttpMessageSender, JSONHttpMessageSender, QueueMessageSender

public interface MessageSender<T>

A simple interface for anything that sends a message. The implementation can support buffering, but it is not mandatory.

Method Summary

void	clear() Empties the current queue of messages to be sent.
void	flush() Should the implementation support buffering, calling this will clear the buffered messages and send them.
void	send(T content) Adds a message for sending.

Method Detail

send

void send(T content)
          throws WabitPersistenceException

Adds a message for sending. It may not necessarily send the message immediately, for example if the implementation supports buffering, in which case you may have to call flush() to actually send the messages.

Parameters:

content -

Throws:

WabitPersistenceException

flush

void flush()
           throws WabitPersistenceException

Should the implementation support buffering, calling this will clear the buffered messages and send them. If the implementation chooses not to support buffering, this can be a simply no-op.

Throws:

WabitPersistenceException

clear

void clear()

Empties the current queue of messages to be sent.