/*
 * Copyright (C) 2008  Manish Pandya, [manish at meetamanish dot com]
 *
 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
 * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This library 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
 * Lesser General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307
 * 
 */
package org.hooliguns.ninja.telnet;

/**
 * An executable command representation for the execution unit
 * 
 * @author Manish Pandya (July 1 2008)
 * 
 */
public interface Command {

	/**
	 * A method that is called to execute a command off the execution queue
	 * 
	 * @param ceu
	 *          is the runtime implementation of an execution unit
	 * @return response from hardware if any
	 */
	public byte[] execute(CommandExecutionUnit ceu);

	/**
	 * A method that returns a string representing Human readable name for the
	 * command
	 * 
	 * @return A string representing Human readable name for the command
	 */
	public String getHumanName();
}