cassandra-trunk/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/net/IVerbHandler.java
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package org.apache.cassandra.net;

import java.io.IOException;

/**
 * IVerbHandler provides the method that all verb handlers need to implement.
 * The concrete implementation of this interface would provide the functionality
 * for a given verb.
 */
public interface IVerbHandler<T>
{
    /**
     * This method delivers a message to the implementing class (if the implementing
     * class was registered by a call to MessagingService.registerVerbHandlers).
     * Note that the caller should not be holding any locks when calling this method
     * because the implementation may be synchronized.
     *
     * @param message - incoming message that needs handling.
     */
    void doVerb(Message<T> message) throws IOException;
}
