peerviewstrategy.java

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 * $Id: PeerViewStrategy.java,v 1.5 2004/05/18 19:22:11 bondolo Exp $
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package net.jxta.impl.rendezvous.rpv;


/**
 *  Describes a strategy for iterating over the values in a peerview.
 **/
interface PeerViewStrategy {

    /**
     *  Reset the strategy. The meaning of reset depends entirely on the strategy
     *  which is used to return peer view elements.
     **/
    void reset();
    
    /**
     *  Return the next PeerView Element using the strategy applied by this 
     *  instance.
     *
     *  @return the next peer view element in sequence or null if the peerview
     *  is empty.
     **/
    PeerViewElement next();
}