// Package proxy contains logic for agent interaction with proxies,
// primarily "managed" proxies. Managed proxies are proxy processes for
// Connect-compatible endpoints that Consul owns and controls the lifecycle
// for.
//
// This package does not contain the built-in proxy for Connect. The source
// for that is available in the "connect/proxy" package.
package proxy

// EnvProxyToken is the name of the environment variable that is passed
// to managed proxies containing the proxy token.
const EnvProxyToken = "CONNECT_PROXY_TOKEN"

// Proxy is the interface implemented by all types of managed proxies.
//
// Calls to all the functions on this interface must be concurrency safe.
// Please read the documentation carefully on top of each function for expected
// behavior.
type Proxy interface {
	// Start starts the proxy. If an error is returned then the managed
	// proxy registration is rejected. Therefore, this should only fail if
	// the configuration of the proxy itself is irrecoverable, and should
	// retry starting for other failures.
	//
	// Starting an already-started proxy should not return an error.
	Start() error

	// Stop stops the proxy and disallows it from ever being started again.
	//
	// If the proxy is not started yet, this should not return an error, but
	// it should disallow Start from working again. If the proxy is already
	// stopped, this should not return an error.
	Stop() error

	// Equal returns true if the argument is equal to the proxy being called.
	// This is called by the manager to determine if a change in configuration
	// results in a proxy that needs to be restarted or not. If Equal returns
	// false, then the manager will stop the old proxy and start the new one.
	// If Equal returns true, the old proxy will remain running and the new
	// one will be ignored.
	Equal(Proxy) bool
}