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package org.apache.camel.component.netty;

import org.jboss.netty.channel.ChannelPipeline;
import org.jboss.netty.channel.ChannelPipelineFactory;

/**
 * Factory to create {@link ChannelPipeline} for clients, eg {@link NettyConsumer}.
 * <p/>
 * Implementators must support creating a new instance of this factory which is associated
 * to the given {@link NettyConsumer} using the {@link #createPipelineFactory(NettyConsumer)}
 * method.
 *
 * @see ChannelPipelineFactory
 */
public abstract class ServerPipelineFactory implements ChannelPipelineFactory {

    /**
     * Creates a new {@link ClientPipelineFactory} using the given {@link NettyConsumer}
     *
     * @param consumer the associated consumer
     * @return the {@link ClientPipelineFactory} associated to ghe given consumer.
     */
    public abstract ServerPipelineFactory createPipelineFactory(NettyConsumer consumer);

}
