/* * Created on 14 Jan 2008 * Created by Allan Crooks * Copyright (C) 2007 Aelitis, All Rights Reserved. * * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 * of the License, or (at your option) any later version. * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the * GNU General Public License for more details. * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. * * AELITIS, SAS au capital de 46,603.30 euros * 8 Allee Lenotre, La Grille Royale, 78600 Le Mesnil le Roi, France. */ package org.gudy.azureus2.plugins.dht.mainline; /** * Used for registering and unregistering plugins which connect to the mainline DHT * network. Plugins must implement the {@link MainlineDHTProvider} interface and * register with this class so that Azureus can indicate it provides DHT support. * * @since 3.0.4.3 */ public interface MainlineDHTManager { /** * Registers an object to be used for mainline DHT support. There is only one * <i>slot</i> available, so if multiple plugins attempt to register themselves, * only the last one will be used. If you pass <tt>null</tt> as an argument, it * will cause Azureus to disable support for mainline DHT. */ public void setProvider(MainlineDHTProvider provider); /** * Returns the current DHT provider, or <tt>null</tt> if there isn't one. */ public MainlineDHTProvider getProvider(); }