/**
 * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
 * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
 * distributed with this work for additional information
 * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
 * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
 * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
 * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
 * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
 * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
 * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
 * specific language governing permissions and limitations
 * under the License.
 */
package org.apache.cxf.management.web.logging.atom.deliverer;

import org.apache.abdera.model.Element;

/**
 * ATOM element deliverer. Represents transport strategy e.g. using
 * {@link org.apache.cxf.jaxrs.client.WebClient}, SOAP reliable messaging etc.
 */
public interface Deliverer {

    /**
     * Delivers ATOM element.
     * 
     * @param element element to deliver.
     * @return true if delivery successful, false otherwise.
     */
    boolean deliver(Element element) throws InterruptedException;
    
    /**
     * Returns the address of the remote endpoint this deliverer send elements to
     * @return
     */
    String getEndpointAddress();
}
