content: /*
   * Copyright (c) 2015. Rick Hightower, Geoff Chandler
   *
   * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
   * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
   * You may obtain a copy of the License at
   *
   *  		http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
   *
   * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
   * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
   * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
   * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
   * limitations under the License.
   *
   * QBit - The Microservice lib for Java : JSON, WebSocket, REST. Be The Web!
   */
  
  package io.advantageous.qbit.queue;
  
  import io.advantageous.qbit.Output;
  import io.advantageous.qbit.service.Startable;
  import io.advantageous.qbit.service.Stoppable;
  
  import java.util.Collection;
  
  /**
   * This provides a non-thread safe access to an output queue which allows batching of messages to other threads to
   * minimize thread coordination.
   * <p>
   * created by Richard on 7/18/14.
   *
   * @author rhightower
   */
  public interface SendQueue<T> extends Output, Startable, Stoppable {
      default boolean send(T item) {
          return true;
      }
  
      default void sendAndFlush(T item) {
          send(item);
          flushSends();
      }
  
      @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
      default void sendMany(T... items) {
          for (T i : items) {
              send(i);
          }
      }
  
      default void sendBatch(Collection<T> items) {
          for (T i : items) {
              send(i);
          }
      }
  
      default void sendBatch(Iterable<T> items) {
          for (T i : items) {
              send(i);
          }
      }
  
      default boolean shouldBatch() {
          return true;
      }
  
      default void flushSends() {
  
      }
  
      default int size() {
          return 0;
      }
  
      default String name() {
          return "NO OP";
      }
  
  
  }
  