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package org.apache.activemq.artemis.core.server;

/**
 * A reference to a message.
 *
 * Channels store message references rather than the messages themselves.
 */
public interface MessageReference {

   boolean isPaged();

   ServerMessage getMessage();

   /**
    * We define this method aggregation here because on paging we need to hold the original estimate,
    * so we need to perform some extra steps on paging.
    *
    * @return
    */
   int getMessageMemoryEstimate();

   MessageReference copy(Queue queue);

   /**
    * @return The time in the future that delivery will be delayed until, or zero if
    * no scheduled delivery will occur
    */
   long getScheduledDeliveryTime();

   void setScheduledDeliveryTime(long scheduledDeliveryTime);

   int getDeliveryCount();

   void setDeliveryCount(int deliveryCount);

   void setPersistedCount(int deliveryCount);

   int getPersistedCount();

   void incrementDeliveryCount();

   void decrementDeliveryCount();

   Queue getQueue();

   void acknowledge() throws Exception;

   void setConsumerId(Long consumerID);

   Long getConsumerId();

   void handled();

   void setAlreadyAcked();

   boolean isAlreadyAcked();
}
