// **********************************************************************
//
// Copyright (c) 2003-2006 ZeroC, Inc. All rights reserved.
//
// This copy of Ice is licensed to you under the terms described in the
// ICE_LICENSE file included in this distribution.
//
// **********************************************************************

package IceInternal;

abstract public class EndpointI implements Ice.Endpoint, java.lang.Comparable
{
    public java.lang.Object
    clone()
        throws java.lang.CloneNotSupportedException
    {
        return super.clone();
    }

    public int
    ice_hash()
    {
        return hashCode();
    }

    public String
    toString()
    {
	return _toString();
    }

    //
    // Marshal the endpoint.
    //
    public abstract void streamWrite(BasicStream s);

    //
    // Return the endpoint type.
    //
    public abstract short type();
    
    //
    // Return the timeout for the endpoint in milliseconds. 0 means
    // non-blocking, -1 means no timeout.
    //
    public abstract int timeout();

    //
    // Return a new endpoint with a different timeout value, provided
    // that timeouts are supported by the endpoint. Otherwise the same
    // endpoint is returned.
    //
    public abstract EndpointI timeout(int t);

    //
    // Return a new endpoint with a different connection id.
    //
    public abstract EndpointI connectionId(String connectionId);

    //
    // Return true if the endpoints support bzip2 compress, or false
    // otherwise.
    //
    public abstract boolean compress();
    
    //
    // Return a new endpoint with a different compression value,
    // provided that compression is supported by the
    // endpoint. Otherwise the same endpoint is returned.
    //
    public abstract EndpointI compress(boolean co);

    //
    // Return true if the endpoint is datagram-based.
    //
    public abstract boolean datagram();

    //
    // Return true if the endpoint is secure.
    //
    public abstract boolean secure();

    //
    // Return true if the endpoint type is unknown.
    //
    public abstract boolean unknown();

    //
    // Return a client side transceiver for this endpoint, or null if a
    // transceiver can only be created by a connector.
    //
    public abstract Transceiver clientTransceiver();

    //
    // Return a server side transceiver for this endpoint, or null if a
    // transceiver can only be created by an acceptor. In case a
    // transceiver is created, this operation also returns a new
    // "effective" endpoint, which might differ from this endpoint,
    // for example, if a dynamic port number is assigned.
    //
    public abstract Transceiver serverTransceiver(EndpointIHolder endpoint);

    //
    // Return a connector for this endpoint, or null if no connector
    // is available.
    //
    public abstract Connector connector();

    //
    // Return an acceptor for this endpoint, or null if no acceptors
    // is available. In case an acceptor is created, this operation
    // also returns a new "effective" endpoint, which might differ
    // from this endpoint, for example, if a dynamic port number is
    // assigned.
    //
    public abstract Acceptor acceptor(EndpointIHolder endpoint);

    //
    // Expand endpoint out in to separate endpoints for each local
    // host if endpoint was configured with no host set.
    //
    public abstract java.util.ArrayList expand(boolean includeLoopback);

    //
    // Return whether endpoint should be published in proxies
    // created by Object Adapter.
    //
    public abstract boolean publish();

    //
    // Check whether the endpoint is equivalent to a specific
    // Transceiver or Acceptor.
    //
    public abstract boolean equivalent(Transceiver transceiver);
    public abstract boolean equivalent(Acceptor acceptor);

    //
    // Compare endpoints for sorting purposes.
    //
    public abstract boolean equals(java.lang.Object obj);
    public abstract int compareTo(java.lang.Object obj); // From java.lang.Comparable.
}