/**
 * Logback: the reliable, generic, fast and flexible logging framework.
 * Copyright (C) 1999-2015, QOS.ch. All rights reserved.
 *
 * This program and the accompanying materials are dual-licensed under
 * either the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 as published by
 * the Eclipse Foundation
 *
 *   or (per the licensee's choosing)
 *
 * under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 2.1
 * as published by the Free Software Foundation.
 */
package ch.qos.logback.core.net.server;

import java.io.Serializable;
import java.util.concurrent.BlockingQueue;

import ch.qos.logback.core.spi.ContextAware;

/**
 * A client of a {@link ServerRunner} that receives events from a local appender
 * and logs them according to local policy.
 *
 * @author Carl Harris
 */
interface RemoteReceiverClient extends Client, ContextAware {

    /**
     * Sets the client's event queue.
     * <p>
     * This method must be invoked before the {@link #run()} method is invoked.
     * 
     * @param queue the queue to set
     */
    void setQueue(BlockingQueue<Serializable> queue);

    /**
     * Offers an event to the client.
     * 
     * @param event the subject event
     * @return {@code true} if the client's queue accepted the event, {@code false}
     *         if the client's queue is full
     */
    boolean offer(Serializable event);

}
