1 /**
2 * Logback: the reliable, generic, fast and flexible logging framework.
3 * Copyright (C) 1999-2015, QOS.ch. All rights reserved.
4 *
5 * This program and the accompanying materials are dual-licensed under
6 * either the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 as published by
7 * the Eclipse Foundation
8 *
9 * or (per the licensee's choosing)
10 *
11 * under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 2.1
12 * as published by the Free Software Foundation.
13 */
14 package ch.qos.logback.core.net.server;
15
16 import java.io.Serializable;
17 import java.util.concurrent.BlockingQueue;
18
19 import ch.qos.logback.core.spi.ContextAware;
20
21 /**
22 * A client of a {@link ServerRunner} that receives events from a local appender
23 * and logs them according to local policy.
24 *
25 * @author Carl Harris
26 */
27 interface RemoteReceiverClient extends Client, ContextAware {
28
29 /**
30 * Sets the client's event queue.
31 * <p>
32 * This method must be invoked before the {@link #run()} method is invoked.
33 *
34 * @param queue the queue to set
35 */
36 void setQueue(BlockingQueue<Serializable> queue);
37
38 /**
39 * Offers an event to the client.
40 *
41 * @param event the subject event
42 * @return {@code true} if the client's queue accepted the event, {@code false}
43 * if the client's queue is full
44 */
45 boolean offer(Serializable event);
46
47 }