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package org.apache.qpid.proton.engine;


/**
 * Sender
 *
 */
public interface Sender extends Link
{

    /**
     * indicates pending deliveries
     *
     * @param credits the number of pending deliveries
     */
    //TODO is this absolute or cumulative?
    public void offer(int credits);

    /**
     * Sends some data for the current delivery.  The application may call this method multiple
     * times for the same delivery.
     *
     * @return the number of bytes accepted
     *
     * TODO Proton-j current copies all the bytes it has been given so the return value will always be
     * length.  Should this be changed? How does Proton-c behave?   What should the application do if
     * the number of bytes accepted is smaller than length.
     */
    public int send(byte[] bytes, int offset, int length);

    /**
     * Abort the current delivery.
     *
     * Note "pn_link_abort" is commented out in the .h
     */
    public void abort();

    /**
     * {@inheritDoc}
     *
     * Informs the sender that all the bytes of the current {@link Delivery} have been written.
     * The application must call this method in order for the delivery to be considered complete.
     *
     * @see #send(byte[], int, int)
     *
     * TODO fully state the rules regarding when you have to call this method, what happens if you don't call it
     * before creating another delivery etc.
     */
    @Override
    public boolean advance();

}
