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+/*
+ *
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you 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.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.qpid.protocol;
+
+import org.apache.qpid.framing.AMQMethodBody;
+
+/**
+ * Interface that allows classes to register for interest in protocol method frames.
+ * 
+ */
+public interface AMQMethodListener
+{
+    /**
+     * Invoked when a method frame has been received
+     * @param evt the event that contains the method and channel
+     * @param protocolSession the protocol session associated with the event
+     * @return true if the handler has processed the method frame, false otherwise. Note
+     * that this does not prohibit the method event being delivered to subsequent listeners
+     * but can be used to determine if nobody has dealt with an incoming method frame.
+     * @throws AMQException if an error has occurred. This exception will be delivered
+     * to all registered listeners using the error() method (see below) allowing them to
+     * perform cleanup if necessary.
+     */
+    <B extends AMQMethodBody> boolean methodReceived(AMQMethodEvent<B> evt) throws Exception;
+
+    /**
+     * Callback when an error has occurred. Allows listeners to clean up.
+     * @param e
+     */
+    void error(Exception e);
+}