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package me.lucko.luckperms.api.messenger;

import me.lucko.luckperms.api.LuckPermsApi;

import javax.annotation.Nonnull;

/**
 * Represents a provider for {@link Messenger} instances.
 *
 * <p>Users wishing to provide their own implementation for the plugins
 * "Messaging Service" should implement and register this interface.</p>
 *
 * @since 4.1
 * @see LuckPermsApi#registerMessengerProvider(MessengerProvider)
 */
public interface MessengerProvider {

    /**
     * Gets the name of this provider.
     *
     * @return the provider name
     */
    @Nonnull
    String getName();

    /**
     * Creates and returns a new {@link Messenger} instance, which passes
     * incoming messages to the provided {@link IncomingMessageConsumer}.
     *
     * <p>As the agent should pass incoming messages to the given consumer,
     * this method should always return a new object.</p>
     *
     * @param incomingMessageConsumer the consumer the new instance should pass
     *                                incoming messages to
     * @return a new messenger agent instance
     */
    @Nonnull
    Messenger obtain(@Nonnull IncomingMessageConsumer incomingMessageConsumer);

}
