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package io.spine.server.bus;

import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
import io.spine.core.MessageEnvelope;
import io.spine.type.MessageClass;

import java.util.Set;

import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;

/**
 * Dispatches a message to several entities of the same type.
 *
 * @param <C> the type of dispatched messages
 * @param <E> the type of envelopes for dispatched objects that contain messages
 * @param <I> the type of IDs of entities to which messages are dispatched
 * @author Alexander Yevsyukov
 */
public interface MulticastDispatcher <C extends MessageClass, E extends MessageEnvelope, I>
        extends MessageDispatcher<C, E, Set<I>> {

    class Identity {

        /** Prevent instantiation of this utility class. */
        private Identity() {}

        /**
         * Returns immutable set with one element with the identity of the multicast dispatcher
         * that dispatches messages to itself.
         *
         * <p>The identity obtained as the result of {@link Object#toString()}
         * MulticastDispatcher#toString()}.
         *
         * @param self the instance of the dispatcher
         * @return immutable set with the dispatcher identity
         */
        public static Set<String> of(MulticastDispatcher self) {
            checkNotNull(self);
            return ImmutableSet.of(self.toString());
        }
    }
}

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