/*
 * File    : IPRange.java
 * Created : 05-Mar-2004
 * By      : parg
 * 
 * Azureus - a Java Bittorrent client
 *
 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License.
 *
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details ( see the LICENSE file ).
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
 */

package org.gudy.azureus2.plugins.ipfilter;

/**
 * @author parg
 * IPRange instances implement Comparable. Rules are identical start+end IPs
 */

public interface 
IPRange
	extends Comparable
{
	public String
	getDescription();
	
	public void
	setDescription(
		String	str );
		
		/**
		 * For a range to be usable it has to be valid. To make it valid you have
		 * to call checkValid. Failure to do so will leave newly created ranges
		 * as invalid and therefore checks won't be made against it!!!!
		 */
	
	public void
	checkValid();
	
	public boolean
	isValid();
  
	public boolean
	isSessionOnly();
	
	public String
	getStartIP();
	
	public void
	setStartIP(
		String	str );
		
	public String
	getEndIP();
	
	public void
	setEndIP(
		String	str );
  
	public void
	setSessionOnly(
		boolean sessionOnly );
		
	public boolean 
	isInRange(
		String ipAddress );
	
	public void
	delete();
}