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.client;
  
  import io.advantageous.qbit.service.Startable;
  import io.advantageous.qbit.service.Stoppable;
  
  /**
   * This is the main interface for accessing the server from a client perspective.
   * With this interface you can createWithWorkers a client proxy.
   * A client proxy is an interface that will marshall calls to a remote server.
   *
   * @author rhightower
   */
  public interface Client extends Stoppable, Startable {
  
  
      /**
       * Creates a new client proxy given a client interface.
       *
       * @param serviceInterface client interface
       * @param serviceName      client name
       * @param <T>              class type of interface
       * @return new client proxy.. calling methods on this proxy marshals method calls to httpServer.
       */
      <T> T createProxy(final Class<T> serviceInterface,
                        final String serviceName);
  
  
      void flush();
  
      default Client startClient() {
          start();
          return this;
      }
  
  
      default Client startClientWithNotify(final Runnable runnable) {
          startWithNotify(runnable);
          return this;
      }
  
      boolean connected();
  
  }
  