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package com.rdlze.radializebase.interfaces;

import java.io.Serializable;
import java.rmi.Remote;
import java.rmi.RemoteException;
import java.util.HashSet;
import java.util.List;

import com.rdlze.radializeutils.objects.Radio;

public interface InterfaceCrawlerSlave extends Remote, Serializable {

	public static final int TYPE_MD_CRAWLER = 0;
	public static final int TYPE_MD_BY_STREAM_CRAWLER = 1;
	public static final int TYPE_MD_WITH_JAVA_BY_STREAM_CRAWLER = 2;
	public static final int TYPE_MD_WITH_MPLAYER_BY_STREAM_CRAWLER = 3;
	
	/**
	 * Delivers a radio for the slave to crawl.
	 * @param radio
	 * @throws RemoteException
	 */
	public void notify(Radio radio) throws RemoteException;

	/**
	 * @return Name of the slave. In most case name is equals to IP.
	 * @throws RemoteException
	 */
	public String getName() throws RemoteException;

	/**
	 * To check if slave is alive.
	 * @return list of radios being crawled.
	 * @throws RemoteException
	 */
	public List<Integer> ping() throws RemoteException;

	/** 
	 * @return Actually the max radios the slave is able to crawl.
	 * @throws RemoteException
	 */
	public int getNumCores() throws RemoteException;
	
	/**
	 * Most useful for streamslave, when the master is gonna distribute
	 * radios, and the slave is reconnecting to master, 
	 * having radios already being crawled. So the master will check if more radios are needed
	 * instead of send more.
	 * @return The number of radios being crawled at the moment. 
	 * @throws RemoteException
	 */
	public HashSet<Integer> getCrawlingNow() throws RemoteException;

	/**
	 * Delivers a list of radios for the slave to crawl.
	 * @param toNotify
	 * @throws RemoteException
	 */
	public void notify(List<Radio> toNotify) throws RemoteException;

	/**
	 * Defines if the slaves connect only to metadata pages 
	 * or monitor streams to get metadata as soon as they change 
	 * @return
	 * @throws RemoteException
	 */
	public int getCrawlerType() throws RemoteException;
	
}