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package com.sun.jini.discovery;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
import net.jini.core.constraint.InvocationConstraints;

/**
 * Interface implemented by classes which decode multicast announcement data
 * and additionally support delayed constraint checking.
 *
 * @since 2.1
 */
public interface DelayedMulticastAnnouncementDecoder
    extends MulticastAnnouncementDecoder
{

    /**
     * Decodes the multicast announcement data contained in the given buffer in
     * a manner that satisfies the specified absolute constraints, returning a
     * {@link MulticastAnnouncement} instance that contains the decoded data,
     * with constraint checking optionally delayed.
     * <code>null</code> constraints are considered equivalent to empty
     * constraints.  Constraint checking may be delayed using the
     * <code>delayConstraintCheck</code> flag.
     * <p> If the <code>delayConstraintCheck</code> flag is <code>true</code>,
     * the method behaves as follows:<ul>
     * <li> Some of the specified constraints may not be checked before this
     * method returns; the returned <code>MulticastAnnouncement</code>'s
     * {@link MulticastAnnouncement#checkConstraints checkConstraints}
     * method must be invoked to complete checking of all the constraints.
     * <li> Constraints which must be checked before accessor methods of the
     * returned <code>MulticastAnnouncement</code> can be invoked are always
     * checked before this method returns.</ul>
     * If <code>delayConstraintCheck</code> is <code>false</code>,
     * all the specified constraints are checked before this method returns.
     *
     * @param buf a buffer containing the packet data to decode.  The contents
     * of <code>buf</code> may be used on subsequent invocations of the returned
     * <code>MulticastAnnouncement</code> instance's
     * <code>checkConstraints</code> method.  The caller must ensure that the
     * contents of <code>buf</code> are not modified before invocation of the
     * <code>checkConstraints</code> method.  Additionally, multicast
     * announcement data must begin at position zero of <code>buf</code>.
     * @param constraints the constraints to apply when decoding the data, or
     * <code>null</code>
     * @param delayConstraintCheck flag to control delayed constraint checking
     * @return the decoded multicast announcement data
     * @throws IOException if an error occurs in interpreting the data
     * @throws UnsupportedConstraintException if unable to satisfy the
     * specified constraints
     * @throws SecurityException if the given constraints cannot be satisfied
     * due to insufficient caller permissions
     * @throws NullPointerException if <code>buf</code> is <code>null</code>
     */
    MulticastAnnouncement decodeMulticastAnnouncement(
					    ByteBuffer buf,
					    InvocationConstraints constraints,
                                            boolean delayConstraintCheck)
	throws IOException;
}