/**
 * Copyright (C) 2004-2008 Jive Software. All rights reserved.
 *
 * Licensed 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
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 */

package org.jivesoftware.openfire;

import org.xmpp.packet.JID;
import org.xmpp.packet.Packet;

/**
 *
 * @author Matt Tucker
 */
public interface RoutableChannelHandler extends ChannelHandler<Packet> {

    /**
      * Returns the XMPP address. The address is used by services like the core
      * server packet router to determine if a packet should be sent to the handler.
      * Handlers that are working on behalf of the server should use the generic server
      * hostname address (e.g. server.com).
      *
      * @return the XMPP address.
      */
     public JID getAddress();
}
