/**
 * $RCSfile$
 * $Revision: 1695 $
 * $Date: 2005-07-26 02:09:55 -0300 (Tue, 26 Jul 2005) $
 *
 * Copyright (C) 2004 Jive Software. All rights reserved.
 *
 * This software is published under the terms of the GNU Public License (GPL),
 * a copy of which is included in this distribution.
 */

package org.jivesoftware.openfire.disco;

import java.util.Iterator;

import org.xmpp.packet.JID;

/**
 * A DiscoItemsProvider is responsible for providing the items associated with a JID's name and
 * node. For example, the room service could implement this interface in order to provide
 * the existing rooms as its items. In this case, the JID's name and node won't be used.<p>
 * <p/>
 * The items to provide must have a JID attribute specifying the JID of the item and may possess a
 * name attribute specifying a natural-language name for the item. The node attribute is optional
 * and must be used only for items that aren't addressable as a JID.
 *
 * @author Gaston Dombiak
 */
public interface DiscoItemsProvider {

    /**
     * Returns an Iterator (of DiscoItem) with the target entity's items or null if none. Each DiscoItem
     * must include a JID attribute and may include the name and node attributes of the entity. In
     * case that the sender of the disco request is not authorized to discover items an
     * UnauthorizedException will be thrown.
     *
     * @param name the recipient JID's name.
     * @param node the requested disco node.
     * @param senderJID the XMPPAddress of user that sent the disco items request.
     * @return an Iterator (of DiscoItem) with the target entity's items or null if none.
     */
    public abstract Iterator<DiscoItem> getItems(String name, String node, JID senderJID);

}
