<?php

/*
 * This file is part of SwiftMailer.
 * (c) 2004-2009 Chris Corbyn
 *
 * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
 * file that was distributed with this source code.
 */

/**
 * Wraps an IoBuffer to send/receive SMTP commands/responses.
 * @package Swift
 * @subpackage Transport
 * @author Chris Corbyn
 */
interface Swift_Transport_SmtpAgent
{
  
  /**
   * Get the IoBuffer where read/writes are occurring.
   * @return Swift_Transport_IoBuffer
   */
  public function getBuffer();
  
  /**
   * Run a command against the buffer, expecting the given response codes.
   * If no response codes are given, the response will not be validated.
   * If codes are given, an exception will be thrown on an invalid response.
   * @param string $command
   * @param int[] $codes
   * @param string[] &$failures
   */
  public function executeCommand($command, $codes = array(), &$failures = null);
  
}
