package gw.solr.request


/**
 * Interface implemented by any Solr request instance that deals
 * with the message queue.
 */
@ReadOnly
interface IMessageRequest {
  
  /**
   * Indicates whether this request has non-trivial content.
   * 
   * @return true if request is non empty, false otherwise.
   */
  function hasContent() : boolean
  
  /**
   * Stringified version of this update request according to the rules
   * in {@link gw.solr.utils.SolrUpdateMessage#parse}
   *
   * @return String form of this update request as specified by {@link gw.solr.utils.SolrUpdateMessage#parse}
   */
  function toMessage() : String

}