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package org.jboss.as.protocol.mgmt;

/**
 * A {@code ManagementRequestHandler} factory.
 *
 * @author Emanuel Muckenhuber
 */
public interface ManagementRequestHandlerFactory {

    /**
     * Try to resolve the request handler for the give header.
     *
     * @param handlers the handlers chain
     * @param header the request header
     * @return the management request handler
     */
    ManagementRequestHandler<?, ?> resolveHandler(RequestHandlerChain handlers, ManagementRequestHeader header);

    /**
     * A chain of multiple request handler.
     */
    public interface RequestHandlerChain {

        /**
         * Create a new active operation. This will generate a new operation-id.
         *
         * @param attachment the optional attachment
         * @param <T> the result type
         * @param <A> the attachment type
         * @return the registered active operation
         */
        <T, A> ActiveOperation<T, A> createActiveOperation(A attachment);

        /**
         * Create a new active operation. This will generate a new operation-id.
         *
         * @param attachment the optional attachment
         * @param callback the completed callback
         * @param <T> the result type
         * @param <A> the attachment type
         * @return the registered active operation
         */
        <T, A> ActiveOperation<T, A> createActiveOperation(A attachment, ActiveOperation.CompletedCallback<T> callback);

        /**
         * Create a new active operation, with a given operation-id.
         *
         * @param id the operation-id
         * @param attachment the attachment
         * @param <T> the result type
         * @param <A> the attachment type
         * @return the registered active operation
         * @throws java.lang.IllegalStateException if an operation with the same id is already registered
         */
        <T, A> ActiveOperation<T, A> registerActiveOperation(Integer id, A attachment);

        /**
         * Create a new active operation, with a given operation-id.
         *
         * @param id the operation-id
         * @param attachment the attachment
         * @param callback the completed callback
         * @param <T> the result type
         * @param <A> the attachment type
         * @return the registered active operation
         * @throws java.lang.IllegalStateException if an operation with the same id is already registered
         */
        <T, A> ActiveOperation<T, A> registerActiveOperation(Integer id, A attachment, ActiveOperation.CompletedCallback<T> callback);

        /**
         * Ask the next factory in the chain to resolve the handler.
         *
         * @return the resolved management request handler
         */
        ManagementRequestHandler<?, ?> resolveNext();

    }

}
