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package org.apache.activemq.broker.region.policy;


import org.apache.activemq.Service;
import org.apache.activemq.broker.Broker;
import org.apache.activemq.broker.ConnectionContext;
import org.apache.activemq.broker.region.MessageReference;
import org.apache.activemq.broker.region.SubscriptionRecovery;
import org.apache.activemq.broker.region.Topic;
import org.apache.activemq.command.ActiveMQDestination;
import org.apache.activemq.command.Message;

/**
 * Abstraction to allow different recovery policies to be plugged
 * into the region implementations.  This is used by a topic to retroactively recover
 * messages that the subscription missed.
 * 
 * 
 */
public interface SubscriptionRecoveryPolicy extends Service {
    
    /**
     * A message was sent to the destination.
     * 
     * @param context
     * @param message 
     * @param node
     * @return true if successful
     * @throws Exception
     */
    boolean add(ConnectionContext context, MessageReference message) throws Exception;
    
    /**
     * Let a subscription recover message held by the policy.
     * 
     * @param context
     * @param topic
     * @param sub 
     * @param node
     * @throws Exception
     */
    void recover(ConnectionContext context, Topic topic, SubscriptionRecovery sub) throws Exception;
    
    
    /**
     * @param dest 
     * @return messages
     * @throws Exception 
     */
    Message[] browse(ActiveMQDestination dest) throws Exception;

    /**
     * Used to copy the policy object.
     * @return the copy
     */
    SubscriptionRecoveryPolicy copy();
    
    void setBroker(Broker broker);
}
