package envoy.server.processors;

import java.io.IOException;

import envoy.server.net.ObjectWriteProxy;

/**
 * This interface defines methods for processing objects of a specific type incoming from a client.
 *
 * @author Kai S. K. Engelbart
 * @param <T> type of the request object
 * @since Envoy Server Standalone v0.1-alpha
 */
public interface ObjectProcessor<T> {

	/**
	 * @param input      the request object
	 * @param socketID   the ID of the socket from which the object was received
	 * @param writeProxy the object that allows writing to a client
	 * @throws IOException if something went wrong during processing
	 * @since Envoy Server Standalone v0.1-alpha
	 */
	void process(T input, long socketID, ObjectWriteProxy writeProxy) throws IOException;
}