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package org.apache.directory.api.ldap.codec.api;


import org.apache.directory.api.asn1.DecoderException;
import org.apache.directory.api.asn1.util.Asn1Buffer;
import org.apache.directory.api.ldap.model.message.Control;


/**
 * Implementors of new codec control extensions must implement a factory using
 * this factory interface, Factory implementations for specific controls are
 * then registered with the codec and used by the codec to encode and decode
 * those controls.
 *
 * @param <C> The Control to create
 *
 * @author <a href="mailto:dev@directory.apache.org">Apache Directory Project</a>
 */
public interface ControlFactory<C extends Control>
{
    /**
     * Get the control's OID
     * 
     * @return The OID of the Control this factory creates.
     */
    String getOid();


    /**
     * Creates and returns a version of the Control.
     *
     * @return The {@link CodecControl} decorated version of the Control.
     */
    Control newControl();


    /**
     * Encode the value part of the control.
     *
     * @param buffer The buffer into which to put the encoded value
     * @param control The control to encode
     */
    void encodeValue( Asn1Buffer buffer, Control control );
    
    


    /**
     * Decode a Control's value. It will feed the Control.
     * 
     *  @param container The Asn1Container containing the control to feed
     *  @param control The control to feed
     *  @param controlBytes The data to decode
     *  @throws DecoderException If the value can't be decoded
     */
    void decodeValue( ControlContainer container, Control control, byte[] controlBytes ) throws DecoderException;
    
    
    /**
     * Decode a Control's value. It will feed the Control.
     * 
     *  @param control The control to feed
     *  @param controlBytes The data to decode
     *  @throws DecoderException If the value can't be decoded
     */
    void decodeValue( Control control, byte[] controlBytes ) throws DecoderException;
}
