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+/*
+ *
+ * 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.qpid.management.domain.handler.base;
+
+import org.apache.qpid.management.domain.model.DomainModel;
+import org.apache.qpid.transport.codec.Decoder;
+
+/**
+ * Interface definition for a processor able to deal with a specific message.
+ * The concrete implementor must define what has to be done with the supplied (incoming) stream and the sequence 
+ * number.
+ * 
+ * @author Andrea Gazzarini.
+ */
+public interface IMessageHandler
+{
+    /**
+     * Processes the (incoming) stream message.
+     * Note that the main controller (the component that is controlling this handler) has already read the magic number and 
+     * the sequence number so here concrete implementors must start from that point (that is, just after the  sequence 
+     * number).
+     * 
+     * @param decoder the stream decoder.
+     * @param sequenceNumber the sequence number of the message.
+     */
+    void process (Decoder decoder, int sequenceNumber);
+    
+    /**
+     * Injects the domain model into this handler.
+     * 
+     * @param domainModel the domain model.
+     */
+    void setDomainModel(DomainModel domainModel);
+}
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