#ifndef QPID_BROKER_MESSAGES_H
#define QPID_BROKER_MESSAGES_H

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#include "qpid/framing/SequenceNumber.h"
#include <boost/function.hpp>

namespace qpid {
namespace framing {
class SequenceNumber;
}
namespace broker {
class Message;
class QueueCursor;

/**
 * This interface abstracts out the access to the messages held for
 * delivery by a Queue instance. Note the the assumption at present is
 * that all locking is done in the Queue itself.
 */
class Messages
{
  public:
    typedef boost::function1<void, Message&> Functor;

    virtual ~Messages() {}
    /**
     * @return the number of messages available for delivery.
     */
    virtual size_t size() = 0;

    /**
     * Called when a message is deleted from the queue.
     */
    virtual bool deleted(const QueueCursor&) = 0;
    /**
     * Makes a message available.
     */
    virtual void publish(const Message& added) = 0;
    /**
     * Retrieve the next message for the given cursor. A reference to
     * the message is passed back via the second parameter.
     *
     * @return a pointer to the message if there is one, in which case
     * the cursor that points to it is assigned to cursor; null
     * otherwise.
     */
    virtual Message* next(QueueCursor& cursor) = 0;

    /**
     * Release the message i.e. return it to the available state
     * unless it has already been deleted.
     *
     * @return a pointer to the Message if it is still in acquired state and
     * hence can be released; null if it has already been deleted
     */
    virtual Message* release(const QueueCursor& cursor) = 0;
    /**
     * Find the message with the specified sequence number, returning
     * a pointer if found, null otherwise. A cursor to the matched
     * message can be passed back via the second parameter, regardless
     * of whether the message is found, using this cursor to call
     * next() will give the next message greater than position if one
     * exists.
     */
    virtual Message* find(const framing::SequenceNumber&, QueueCursor*) = 0;

    /**
     * Find the message at the specified position, returning a pointer if
     * found, null otherwise.
     */
    virtual Message* find(const QueueCursor&) = 0;

    /**
     * Apply, the functor to each message held
     */
    virtual void foreach(Functor) = 0;

    /**
     * Allows implementation to perform optional checks before message
     * is stored.
     */
    virtual void check(const Message&) {};

 private:
};
}} // namespace qpid::broker

#endif  /*!QPID_BROKER_MESSAGES_H*/