IProtocol unspecified API

```
public interface IProtocol

                    
```
Interface which specifies all required methods for a Sec-WebSocket-Protocol

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`abstract boolean`	`acceptProvidedProtocol(String inputProtocolHeader)`	Check if the received Sec-WebSocket-Protocol header field contains a offer for the specificprotocol
`abstract String`	`getProvidedProtocol()`	Return the specific Sec-WebSocket-protocol header offer for this protocol if the endpoint.
`abstract IProtocol`	`copyInstance()`	To prevent protocols to be used more than once the Websocket implementation should call thismethod in order to create a new usable version of a given protocol instance.
`abstract String`	`toString()`	Return a string which should contain the protocol name as well as additional information aboutthe current configurations for this protocol (DEBUG purposes)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Method Detail
  - acceptProvidedProtocol
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 abstract boolean acceptProvidedProtocol(String inputProtocolHeader)
```
    Check if the received Sec-WebSocket-Protocol header field contains a offer for the specificprotocol
    
    Parameters:
    
    inputProtocolHeader - the received Sec-WebSocket-Protocol header field offered by theother endpoint
  - getProvidedProtocol
```
 abstract String getProvidedProtocol()
```
    Return the specific Sec-WebSocket-protocol header offer for this protocol if the endpoint. Ifthe extension returns an empty string (""), the offer will not be included in the handshake.
  - copyInstance
```
 abstract IProtocol copyInstance()
```
    To prevent protocols to be used more than once the Websocket implementation should call thismethod in order to create a new usable version of a given protocol instance.
  - toString
```
 abstract String toString()
```
    Return a string which should contain the protocol name as well as additional information aboutthe current configurations for this protocol (DEBUG purposes)