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+# Copyright (C) 2007 by the Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+#
+# This program 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
+# of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program 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 program; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301,
+# USA.
+
+"""Interface for switchboards."""
+
+from zope.interface import Interface, Attribute
+
+
+
+class ISwitchboard(Interface):
+    """The switchboard."""
+
+    queue_directory = Attribute(
+        """The name of the queue directory this switchboard is responsible for.
+
+        This should be a subdirectory of the system-wide top-level queue
+        directory.
+        """)
+
+    def enqueue(_msg, _metadata=None, **_kws):
+        """Store the message and metadata in the switchboard's queue.
+
+        When metadata is not given, an empty metadata dictionary is used.  The
+        keyword arguments are added to the metadata dictonary, with precedence
+        given to the keyword arguments.
+
+        The base name of the message file is returned.
+        """
+
+    def dequeue(filebase):
+        """Return the message and metadata contained in the named file.
+
+        filebase is the base name of the message file as returned by the
+        .enqueue() method.  This file must exist and contain a message and
+        metadata.  The message file is preserved in a backup file, which must
+        be removed by calling the .finish() method.
+
+        Returned is a 2-tuple of the form (message, metadata).
+        """
+
+    def finish(filebase, preserve=False):
+        """Remove the backup file for filebase.
+
+        If preserve is True, then the backup file is actually just renamed to
+        a preservation file instead of being unlinked.
+        """
+
+    files = Attribute(
+        """An iterator over all the .pck files in the queue directory.
+
+        The base names of the matching files are returned.
+        """)
+
+    def get_files(extension='.pck'):
+        """Like the 'files' attribute, but accepts an alternative extension.
+
+        Only the files in the queue directory that have a matching extension
+        are returned.  Like 'files', the base names of the matching files are
+        returned.
+        """
+
+    def recover_backup_files():
+        """Move all backup files to active message files.
+
+        It is impossible for both the .bak and .pck files to exist at the same
+        time, so moving them is enough to ensure that a normal dequeing
+        operation will handle them.
+        """