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 * Copyright (C) 2005-2015 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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 */

package org.alfresco.repo.virtual.ref;

/**
 * A double-dispatched method abstraction.<br>
 * The method execution is dispatched based on concrete protocol type.<br>
 * Implementor encapsulate high-level reference protocol based semantic
 * functionality.
 * 
 * @param <R> method return type
 * @see Reference#execute(ProtocolMethod)
 * @author Bogdan Horje
 */
public interface ProtocolMethod<R>
{
    R execute(VanillaProtocol vanillaProtocol, Reference reference) throws ProtocolMethodException;

    R execute(VirtualProtocol virtualProtocol, Reference reference) throws ProtocolMethodException;

    R execute(NodeProtocol protocol, Reference reference) throws ProtocolMethodException;

    R execute(Protocol protocol, Reference reference) throws ProtocolMethodException;
}