src/net/java/sip/communicator/service/contactsource/AsyncContactSourceService.java


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/*
 * Jitsi, the OpenSource Java VoIP and Instant Messaging client.
 *
 * Distributable under LGPL license.
 * See terms of license at gnu.org.
 */
package net.java.sip.communicator.service.contactsource;

import java.util.regex.*;

/**
 * Declares the interface of a <tt>ContactSourceService</tt> which performs
 * <tt>ContactQuery</tt>s in a separate <tt>Thread</tt>.
 *
 * @author Lyubomir Marinov
 */
public abstract class AsyncContactSourceService
    implements ExtendedContactSourceService
{
    /**
     * Queries this <tt>ContactSourceService</tt> for <tt>SourceContact</tt>s
     * which match a specific <tt>query</tt> <tt>String</tt>.
     *
     * @param query the <tt>String</tt> which this <tt>ContactSourceService</tt>
     * is being queried for
     * @return a <tt>ContactQuery</tt> which represents the query of this
     * <tt>ContactSourceService</tt> implementation for the specified
     * <tt>String</tt> and via which the matching <tt>SourceContact</tt>s (if
     * any) will be returned
     * @see ContactSourceService#queryContactSource(String)
     */
    public ContactQuery queryContactSource(String query)
    {
        return queryContactSource(
            Pattern.compile(query, Pattern.CASE_INSENSITIVE | Pattern.LITERAL));
    }

    /**
     * Queries this <tt>ContactSourceService</tt> for <tt>SourceContact</tt>s
     * which match a specific <tt>query</tt> <tt>String</tt>.
     *
     * @param query the <tt>String</tt> which this <tt>ContactSourceService</tt>
     * is being queried for
     * @param contactCount the maximum count of result contacts
     * @return a <tt>ContactQuery</tt> which represents the query of this
     * <tt>ContactSourceService</tt> implementation for the specified
     * <tt>String</tt> and via which the matching <tt>SourceContact</tt>s (if
     * any) will be returned
     * @see ContactSourceService#queryContactSource(String)
     */
    public ContactQuery queryContactSource(String query, int contactCount)
    {
        return queryContactSource(
            Pattern.compile(query, Pattern.CASE_INSENSITIVE | Pattern.LITERAL));
    }

    /**
     * Stops this <tt>ContactSourceService</tt>.
     */
    public abstract void stop();
}