ProtocolManager (Livedata SDK 2.0.13-2 API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

LiveFeedProtocolManager
```
public interface ProtocolManager<O extends OutgoingMessage,E extends LiveScoutEntityBase>
```
Represents a class used to manage access to the underlying Protocol.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`void`	`close()`	Closes the underlying `Protocol` and components associated with it.
`void`	`open()`	Opens the underlying `Protocol` and components associated with it
`void`	`reconnect()`	Reconnects the underlying feed
`void`	`sendMessage(String data)`	Forwards the passed data as-is to the underlying protocol which sends it to the server.
`void`	`setListener(ProtocolManagerListener<E> listener)`	Sets the `ProtocolManagerListener` instance used to observe the current `ProtocolManager`

- Method Detail
  - close
```
void close()
```
    Closes the underlying Protocol and components associated with it.
  - open
```
void open()
```
    Opens the underlying Protocol and components associated with it
  - reconnect
```
void reconnect()
```
    Reconnects the underlying feed
  - sendMessage
```
void sendMessage(String data)
```
    Forwards the passed data as-is to the underlying protocol which sends it to the server. There is no rate-limiting.
    
    Parameters:
    
    data - - outgoing data
  - setListener
```
void setListener(ProtocolManagerListener<E> listener)
```
    Sets the ProtocolManagerListener instance used to observe the current ProtocolManager
    
    Parameters:
    
    listener - the ProtocolManagerListener instance used to observe the current ProtocolManager