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017    package org.apache.activemq.broker.region;
018    
019    import org.apache.activemq.command.ConsumerId;
020    import org.apache.activemq.command.Message;
021    import org.apache.activemq.command.MessageId;
022    
023    /**
024     * Keeps track of a message that is flowing through the Broker.  This 
025     * object may hold a hard reference to the message or only hold the
026     * id of the message if the message has been persisted on in a MessageStore.
027     * 
028     * 
029     */
030    public interface MessageReference {
031        
032        MessageId getMessageId();
033        Message getMessageHardRef();
034        Message getMessage();
035        boolean isPersistent();
036        
037        Destination getRegionDestination();
038        
039        int getRedeliveryCounter();
040        void incrementRedeliveryCounter();
041        
042        int getReferenceCount();
043        
044        int incrementReferenceCount();
045        int decrementReferenceCount();
046        ConsumerId getTargetConsumerId();
047        int getSize();
048        long getExpiration();
049        String getGroupID();
050        int getGroupSequence();
051        
052        /**
053         * Returns true if this message is expired
054         */
055        boolean isExpired();
056    
057        /**
058         * Returns true if this message is dropped.
059         */
060        boolean isDropped();
061        
062        /**
063         * @return true if the message is an advisory
064         */
065        boolean isAdvisory();
066        
067    }