net

type Transport interface {
	modules.ActiveModule

	// Start starts the networking module by initializing and starting the corresponding network services.
	Start() error

	// Stop closes all open connections to other nodes and stops the network services.
	Stop()

	// Send sends msg to the node with ID dest.
	Send(dest t.NodeID, msg *messagepb.Message) error

	// Connect initiates the establishing of network connections to the provided nodes.
	// When Connect returns, the connections might not yet have been established though (see WaitFor).
	Connect(nodes map[t.NodeID]t.NodeAddress)

	// WaitFor waits until at least n connections (including the potentially virtual connection to self)
	// have been established and returns.
	WaitFor(n int)

	// CloseOldConnections closes connections to the nodes that don't needed.
	CloseOldConnections(newNodes map[t.NodeID]t.NodeAddress)
}