/*
 * Created on 22 juin 2005
 * Created by Olivier Chalouhi
 * 
 * Copyright (C) 2004, 2005, 2006 Aelitis SAS, All rights Reserved
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 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details ( see the LICENSE file ).
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 */
package com.aelitis.azureus.core.dht.netcoords.vivaldi.ver1;

import com.aelitis.azureus.core.dht.netcoords.DHTNetworkPosition;

public interface 
VivaldiPosition
	extends DHTNetworkPosition
{
  
  final static int CONVERGE_EVERY = 5;
  final static float CONVERGE_FACTOR = 50f;
  
  // controlling parameters
  public final static float ERROR_MIN = 0.1f;
  
  public Coordinates getCoordinates();
  
  public float getErrorEstimate();
  
  public void  setErrorEstimate(float error);
  
  public void update(float rtt,Coordinates coordinates,float error);
  
  public void update(float rtt, float[] serialised_data );
  
  public float estimateRTT(Coordinates coordinates);
  
  	// serialisation stuff

  public static final int	FLOAT_ARRAY_SIZE	= 4;	// size of float-serialisation array size
  
  public float[] toFloatArray();
  
  public void fromFloatArray( float[] data );
}