/*
 * Copyright (C) 2005-2012 Alfresco Software Limited.
 *
 * This file is part of Alfresco
 *
 * Alfresco is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
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 * Alfresco is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
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 */

package org.alfresco.repo.cluster;

import java.io.Serializable;

/**
 * Factory class responsible for creating instances of {@link Messenger} class.
 * 
 * @author Matt Ward
 */
public interface MessengerFactory
{
    /** A catch-all for unknown application regions. */
    public static final String APP_REGION_DEFAULT = "DEFAULT";
    
    /** The application region used by the EHCache heartbeat implementation. */
    public static final String APP_REGION_EHCACHE_HEARTBEAT = "EHCACHE_HEARTBEAT";
    
    <T extends Serializable> Messenger<T> createMessenger(String appRegion);
    
    <T extends Serializable> Messenger<T> createMessenger(String appRegion, boolean acceptLocalMessages);
    
    boolean isClusterActive();
    
    void addMembershipListener(ClusterMembershipListener membershipListener);
}