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+<?php
+/**
+ * An interface for listeners
+ *
+ * @author Roland Haeder <webmaster@shipsimu.org>
+ * @version 0.0.0
+ * @copyright Copyright (c) 2007, 2008 Roland Haeder, 2009 - 2016 Core 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 Listenable extends FrameworkInterface {
+ /**
+ * Initializes the listener by setting up the required socket server
+ *
+ * @return void
+ */
+ function initListener();
+
+ /**
+ * "Listens" for incoming network packages
+ *
+ * @return void
+ */
+ function doListen();
+
+ /**
+ * Checks whether the listener would accept the given package data array
+ *
+ * @param $packageData Raw package data
+ * @return $accepts Whether this listener does accept
+ */
+ function ifListenerAcceptsPackageData (array $packageData);
+
+ /**
+ * Monitors incoming raw data from the handler and transfers it to the
+ * given receiver instance.
+ *
+ * @return void
+ */
+ function monitorIncomingRawData ();
+
+ /**
+ * Getter for listen address
+ *
+ * @return $listenAddress The address this listener should listen on
+ */
+ function getListenAddress ();
+
+ /**
+ * Getter for listen port
+ *
+ * @return $listenPort The port this listener should listen on
+ */
+ function getListenPort ();
+
+ /**
+ * Getter for connection type
+ *
+ * @return $connectionType Connection type for this listener
+ */
+ function getConnectionType ();
+
+ /**
+ * Getter for peer pool instance
+ *
+ * @return $poolInstance The peer pool instance we shall set
+ */
+ function getPoolInstance ();
+}
+
+// [EOF]
+?>