/* Network-Integrated Multimedia Middleware (NMM)
 * http://www.motama.com/nmm.html
 *
 * Copyright (C) 2006-2007
 * Motama GmbH, Saarbruecken, Germany
 * http://www.motama.com
 *
 * This file is part of NMM. 
 * 
 * NMM 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; only version 2 of the License.      
 * 
 * NMM is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT 
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 * 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 NMM; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,    
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 *
 */

#include "ISynchronizer.idl"
#include "ISinkController.idl"

module NMM {
  /** Interface of a sink synchronizer.
   */
  interface ISinkSynchronizer : ISynchronizer {

    /** Set average latency.
     * With this method, the sink controllers tell the
     * synchronizer the average latency of their incoming buffers.
     *
     * @param average_latency Average latency computed by the controller
     * @param sink Sink ID
     */
    void setAverageLatency(in Interval value, in nmm_int32 sink);

    /** Set the average latency of the first buffer in tmie.
     * With this method, the sink controllers tell the
     * synchronizer the average latency of their first buffer in time after syncReset.
     *
     * @param average_latency The average latency of incoming buffers computed by the Controller
     * @param sink Sink ID
     * @param first_ts Timestamp of the first buffer in time
     * @return SUCCESS if value is good enough compared to the theoretical latency, FAILURE otherwise
     */
    Result setFirstBufferInTimeAverageLatency(in Interval average_latency, in nmm_int32 sink, in Timestamp first_ts);

    /** Remove a sink controller.
     * This method removes the sink controller with the specified interface from the synchronizer.
     *
     * @param controller Interface of sink controller to remove
     */
    Result removeSinkController(in ISinkController* controller);
  };
}
