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/*******************************************************************************
* Copyright (c) 2010-2019, Tamas Szabo, Istvan Rath and Daniel Varro
* This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
* terms of the Eclipse Public License v. 2.0 which is available at
* http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v20.html.
*
* SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0
*******************************************************************************/
package tools.refinery.viatra.runtime.rete.network.mailbox;
import tools.refinery.viatra.runtime.rete.network.Receiver;
import tools.refinery.viatra.runtime.rete.network.communication.CommunicationTracker;
/**
* A fall through capable mailbox can directly call the update method of its {@link Receiver} instead of using the
* standard post-deliver mailbox semantics. If the fall through flag is set to true, the mailbox uses direct delivery,
* otherwise it operates in the original behavior. The fall through operation is preferable whenever applicable because
* it improves performance. The fall through flag is controlled by the {@link CommunicationTracker} based on the
* receiver node type and network topology.
*
* @author Tamas Szabo
* @since 2.2
*/
public interface FallThroughCapableMailbox extends Mailbox {
public boolean isFallThrough();
public void setFallThrough(final boolean fallThrough);
}
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