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+<?php
+/**
+ * An interface for distributed hash tables for nodes
+ *
+ * @author Roland Haeder <webmaster@shipsimu.org>
+ * @version 0.0.0
+ * @copyright Copyright (c) 2007, 2008 Roland Haeder, 2009 - 2015 Hub Developer Team
+ * @license GNU GPL 3.0 or any newer version
+ * @link http://www.shipsimu.org
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+interface NodeDhtWrapper extends DatabaseWrapper {
+ /**
+ * Static getter for an array of all DHT database entries
+ *
+ * @return $elements All elements for the DHT dabase
+ */
+ static function getAllElements ();
+
+ /**
+ * Getter for result instance for unpublished entries
+ *
+ * @return $unpublishedEntriesInstance Result instance
+ */
+ function getUnpublishedEntriesInstance ();
+
+ /**
+ * Checks whether the local (*this*) node is registered in the DHT by
+ * checking if the external address is found.
+ *
+ * @return $isRegistered Whether *this* node is registered in the DHT
+ */
+ function isLocalNodeRegistered ();
+
+ /**
+ * Registeres the local (*this*) node with its data in the DHT.
+ *
+ * @return void
+ */
+ function registerLocalNode ();
+
+ /**
+ * Updates local (*this*) node data in DHT, this is but not limited to the
+ * session id, ip number (and/or hostname) and port number.
+ *
+ * @return void
+ */
+ function updateLocalNode ();
+
+ /**
+ * Finds a node locally by given session id
+ *
+ * @param $sessionId Session id to lookup
+ * @return $nodeData Node data array
+ */
+ function findNodeLocalBySessionId ($sessionId);
+
+ /**
+ * Registeres a node by given message data.
+ *
+ * @param $messageData An array of all message data
+ * @param $handlerInstance An instance of a HandleableDataSet class
+ * @return void
+ */
+ function registerNodeByMessageData (array $messageData, HandleableDataSet $handlerInstance);
+
+ /**
+ * Updates an existing entry in node list
+ *
+ * @param $messageData An array of all message data
+ * @param $handlerInstance An instance of a HandleableDataSet class
+ * @param $searchInstance An instance of LocalSearchCriteria class
+ * @return void
+ */
+ function updateNodeByMessageData (array $messageData, HandleableDataSet $handlerInstance, LocalSearchCriteria $searchInstance);
+
+ /**
+ * Determines whether the given node data is already inserted in the DHT
+ *
+ * @param $nodeData An array with valid node data
+ * @return $isRegistered Whether the given node data is already inserted
+ */
+ function isNodeRegistered (array $nodeData);
+
+ /**
+ * Registers a node with given data in the DHT. If the node is already
+ * registered this method shall throw an exception.
+ *
+ * @param $nodeData An array with valid node data
+ * @return void
+ * @throws NodeAlreadyRegisteredException If the node is already registered
+ */
+ function registerNode (array $nodeData);
+
+ /**
+ * Updates a node's entry in the DHT with given data. This will enrich or
+ * just update already exsiting data. If the node is not found this method
+ * shall throw an exception.
+ *
+ * @param $nodeData An array with valid node data
+ * @return void
+ * @throws NodeDataMissingException If the node's data is missing
+ */
+ function updateNode (array $nodeData);
+
+ /**
+ * Checks whether there are unpublished entries
+ *
+ * @return $hasUnpublished Whether there are unpublished entries
+ * @todo Add minimum/maximum age limitations
+ */
+ function hasUnpublishedEntries ();
+
+ /**
+ * Initializes publication of DHT entries. This does only prepare
+ * publication. The next step is to pickup such prepared entries and publish
+ * them by uploading to other (recently appeared) DHT members.
+ *
+ * @return void
+ * @todo Add timestamp to dataset instance
+ */
+ function initEntryPublication ();
+
+ /**
+ * Removes non-data from given array.
+ *
+ * @param $data An array with possible non-data that needs to be removed.
+ * @return $data A cleaned up array with only data.
+ */
+ function removeNonPublicDataFromArray(array $data);
+
+ /**
+ * Find recipients for given package data and returns it as a result instance
+ *
+ * @param $packageData An array of valid package data
+ * @return $recipients An indexed array with DHT recipients
+ */
+ function getResultFromExcludedSender (array $packageData);
+
+ /**
+ * Find recopients by given key/value pair. First look for the key and if it
+ * matches, compare the value.
+ *
+ * @param $key Key to look for
+ * @param $value Value to compare if key matches
+ * @return $recipients An indexed array with DHT recipients
+ */
+ function getResultFromKeyValue ($key, $value);
+
+ /**
+ * Enable DHT bootstrap request acceptance for local node
+ *
+ * @return void
+ */
+ function enableAcceptDhtBootstrap ();
+}
+
+// [EOF]
+?>