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package com.sun.jini.discovery;

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

/**
 * Interface implemented by classes which encode multicast request data
 * according to discovery protocol formats.
 *
 * @since 2.0
 */
public interface MulticastRequestEncoder extends DiscoveryFormatProvider {

    /**
     * Encodes the given multicast request data into byte buffers obtained from
     * the provided datagram buffer factory, in a manner that satisfies the
     * specified absolute constraints.  <code>null</code> constraints are
     * considered equivalent to empty constraints.  Multicast request data that
     * is too large to fit in a single datagram buffer is split across multiple
     * buffers, with the constraints applied to each; this method is
     * responsible for determining if and when to split the data based on the
     * available space in the obtained buffers.
     *
     * @param request the request data to encode
     * @param bufs the factory for producing buffers in which to write encoded
     * data
     * @param constraints the constraints to apply when encoding the data, or
     * <code>null</code>
     * @throws IOException if an error occurs in encoding the data to send
     * @throws net.jini.io.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>request</code> or
     * <code>bufs</code> is <code>null</code>
     *
     * Throws IOException if an error
     * occurs in encoding the data to send.  Throws
     * UnsupportedConstraintException if unable to satisfy the specified
     * constraints.  Throws SecurityException if the given constraints cannot
     * be satisfied due to insufficient caller permissions.
     */
    void encodeMulticastRequest(MulticastRequest request,
				DatagramBufferFactory bufs,
				InvocationConstraints constraints)
	throws IOException;
}