com.hp.util.net.msg

Interface ConversationProvider

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractConversationProvider, AbstractConversationTracker, AbstractQueuedConversationTracker, ConversationBroker, Echo.Provider, RequestResponseConversation.Provider, SendOnlyConversation.Provider

public interface ConversationProvider

Abstraction of a provider capable of supplying an conversation context appropriate for a given conversation topic.

Author:

Thomas Vachuska

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Conversation	newConversation(String topic, int cid, int parentId) Get a conversation for the specified topic.
void	removeConversation(Conversation c) Remove the specified conversation.

Method Detail

newConversation

Conversation newConversation(String topic,
                           int cid,
                           int parentId)

Get a conversation for the specified topic.

Parameters:

topic - name of the conversation topic

cid - conversation id

parentId - unique conversation id of the parent conversation; 0 if no parent conversation

Returns:

conversation handler for the specified topic

removeConversation

void removeConversation(Conversation c)

Remove the specified conversation.

Parameters:

c - conversation to be removed