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//      Created by:             Darren Marvin
//      Created date:           2004/04/30
//      Created for project:    GEMSS
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package uk.ac.soton.itinnovation.gemss.transportmessaging.messaging.processing.providers;

import eu.gemss.components.transport.servicedescription.policytypes.*;
import eu.gemss.signals.SignalHandler;
import uk.ac.soton.itinnovation.gemss.transportmessaging.configuration.*;
import uk.ac.soton.itinnovation.gemss.transportmessaging.messaging.processing.*;

public interface MessageProcessorProviderSpi {

    /**
     * Retrieve a list of all the policy types supported by the provider
     * @return list of type descriptors
     */
    public PolicyTypeDescriptor[] getSupportedPolicyTypeList();

    /**
     * Retrieve an instance of the message processor described
     * by the type descriptor
     * @param typeDesc descriptor for required type of message processor
     * @return instance of the required message processor
     */
    public MessageProcessor getMessageProcessor(PolicyTypeDescriptor typeDesc) throws MessageProcessingException;

    /**
     * Sets the handler where provider signals should be sent
     * @param handler processing handler
     */
    public void setSignalHandler(SignalHandler handler);

    /**
     * Set the security token provider configuration
     * @param configuration
     */
    public void setMessagingProviderConfiguration(MessagingProviderConfiguration configuration);

}
