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package com.sun.grizzly.cometd;

import java.io.IOException;

/**
 * From the Spec, an EventRouter is:
 *
 * The event router is channel based, with rules based on longest-prefix match
 * dispatching for registered listeners. The "/meta/*" channel is reserved for
 * communications with the event router itself (including connection setup,
 * tear-down, and re-connection), and all conformant clients and servers must
 * implement the following meta-channel verbs:
 *
 *      * handshake
 *	* connect
 *	* reconnect
 *	* disconnect
 *	* status
 *	* subscribe
 * 	* unsubscribe
 *	* ping
 *
 * @author Jeanfrancois Arcand
 * @author TAKAI, Naoto
 */
public interface EventRouter {
    
    /**
     * Route a CometD message.
     */
    public void route(CometdRequest request,CometdResponse response) 
        throws IOException; 
}