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package org.apache.activemq.broker.region;

import org.apache.activemq.command.ConsumerId;
import org.apache.activemq.command.Message;
import org.apache.activemq.command.MessageId;

/**
 * Keeps track of a message that is flowing through the Broker.  This 
 * object may hold a hard reference to the message or only hold the
 * id of the message if the message has been persisted on in a MessageStore.
 * 
 * 
 */
public interface MessageReference {
    
    MessageId getMessageId();
    Message getMessageHardRef();
    Message getMessage();
    boolean isPersistent();
    
    Message.MessageDestination getRegionDestination();
    
    int getRedeliveryCounter();
    void incrementRedeliveryCounter();
    
    int getReferenceCount();
    
    int incrementReferenceCount();
    int decrementReferenceCount();
    ConsumerId getTargetConsumerId();
    int getSize();
    long getExpiration();
    String getGroupID();
    int getGroupSequence();
    
    /**
     * Returns true if this message is expired
     */
    boolean isExpired();

    /**
     * Returns true if this message is dropped.
     */
    boolean isDropped();
    
    /**
     * @return true if the message is an advisory
     */
    boolean isAdvisory();

    boolean canProcessAsExpired();
    
}
