/**
* Copyright (C) 2001-3, Anthony Harrison anh23@pitt.edu This library is free
* software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU
* Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation;
* either version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
* This library 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 Lesser General Public License for more
* details. You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
* License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
* Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
*/
package org.jactr.core.buffer;
import org.jactr.core.production.request.IRequest;
/**
* Marker interface for buffers that can accept {@link IRequest}s that will
* then be forwarded to the owning module for processing.
*
* @author harrison
* @created April 18, 2003
*/
public interface IRequestableBuffer extends IActivationBuffer
{
/**
* return true if this buffer would accept this request
* @param request
* @return
*/
public boolean willAccept(IRequest request);
/**
* Make a request of the module. Returns true if the request was accepted,
* false if not.
*
* @throws IllegalArgumentException
* if the request is accepted but invalid
*/
public boolean request(IRequest source, double requestTime) throws IllegalArgumentException;
}