/* * This file is part of "The Java Telnet Application". * * This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) * any later version. * * "The Java Telnet Application" is distributed in the hope that it will be  * useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the * GNU General Public License for more details. *  * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License * along with this software; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, * Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. */package de.mud.jta;/** * A plugin bus is used for communication between plugins. The interface * describes the broadcast method that should broad cast the message * to all plugins known and return an answer message immediatly.<P> * The functionality is just simuliar to a bus, but depends on the * actual implementation of the bus. * <P> * <B>Maintainer:</B> Matthias L. Jugel * * @version $Id: PluginBus.java,v 2.0 1999/09/08 17:01:45 leo Exp $ * @author Matthias L. Jugel, Marcus Mei遪er */public interface PluginBus {  /** Broadcast a plugin message to all listeners. */  public Object broadcast(PluginMessage message);  /** Register a plugin listener with this bus object */  public void registerPluginListener(PluginListener listener);}