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+/*******************************************************************************
+
+        copyright:      Copyright (c) 2004 Kris Bell. All rights reserved
+
+        license:        BSD style: $(LICENSE)
+        
+        version:        July 2004: Initial release      
+        
+        author:         Kris
+
+*******************************************************************************/
+
+module tango.net.cluster.model.ICluster;
+
+public  import  tango.util.log.Logger;
+
+public  import  tango.net.cluster.model.IChannel,
+                tango.net.cluster.model.IMessage,
+                tango.net.cluster.model.IConsumer;
+
+/*******************************************************************************
+
+        The contract exposed by each QOS implementation. This is the heart
+        of the cluster package, designed with multiple implementations in 
+        mind. It should be reasonably straightforward to construct specific
+        implementations upon a database, pub/sub system, or other substrates.
+
+*******************************************************************************/
+
+interface ICluster
+{
+        /***********************************************************************
+                
+                Create a channel instance. Every cluster operation has
+                a channel provided as an argument
+
+        ***********************************************************************/
+        
+        IChannel createChannel (char[] channel);
+
+        /***********************************************************************
+
+                Return the Logger associated with this cluster
+
+        ***********************************************************************/
+        
+        Logger log ();
+}