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

import org.apache.activemq.broker.region.MessageReference;
import org.apache.activemq.broker.region.Subscription;
import org.apache.activemq.command.ActiveMQDestination;
import org.apache.activemq.command.Message;

/**
 * A strategy for choosing which destination is used for dead letter queue messages.
 * 
 * 
 */
public interface DeadLetterStrategy {
    
    /**
     * Allow pluggable strategy for deciding if message should be sent to a dead letter queue
     * for example, you might not want to ignore expired or non-persistent messages
     * @param message
     * @return true if message should be sent to a dead letter queue
     */
    boolean isSendToDeadLetterQueue(Message message);

    /**
     * Returns the dead letter queue for the given message and subscription.
     */
    ActiveMQDestination getDeadLetterQueueFor(Message message, Subscription subscription);

    /**
     * @return true if processes expired messages
     */
    public boolean isProcessExpired() ;

    /**
     * @param processExpired the processExpired to set
     */
    public void setProcessExpired(boolean processExpired);

    /**
     * @return the processNonPersistent
     */
    public boolean isProcessNonPersistent();

    /**
     * @param processNonPersistent the processNonPersistent to set
     */
    public void setProcessNonPersistent(boolean processNonPersistent);

}
