BroadcastHandler.java

/*
 * Copyright 2012 Thomas Bocek
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 * Licensed 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
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package net.tomp2p.p2p;

import net.tomp2p.message.Message2;

/**
 * The handler that is called when we receive a broadcast message. One way to implement this would be to send it to
 * random peers.
 * 
 * @author Thomas Bocek
 * 
 */
public interface BroadcastHandler {
    /**
     * This method is called when a peer receives a broadcast message request. Its up to the peer to decide what to do
     * with it.
     * 
     * @param message
     *            The message that was received in the broadcast message
     */
     void receive(Message2 message);
}