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package org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server;

import org.gradle.internal.Stoppable;
import org.gradle.messaging.remote.Address;

/**
 * Opens a server connection for clients to connect to to communicate with a daemon.
 * <p>
 * A server connector should only be used by one daemon, and has a single use lifecycle.
 * Implementations must be threadsafe so that start/stop can be called from different threads.
 */
public interface DaemonServerConnector extends Stoppable {

    /**
     * Starts accepting connections, passing any established connections to the given handler.
     * <p>
     * When this method returns, the daemon will be ready to accept connections.
     *
     * @return the address that clients can use to connect
     * @throws IllegalStateException if this method has previously been called on this object, or if the stop method has previously been called on this object.
     */
    Address start(IncomingConnectionHandler handler);

    /**
     * Stops accepting new connections, and blocks until all active connections close.
     */
    public void stop();

}
