const DefaultObservationWeight = 10

type Remotes interface {
	// Weight returns the remotes with their current weights.
	Weights() map[api.Peer]int

	// Select a remote from the set of available remotes with optionally
	// excluding ID or address.
	Select(...string) (api.Peer, error)

	// Observe records an experience with a particular remote. A positive weight
	// indicates a good experience and a negative weight a bad experience.
	//
	// The observation will be used to calculate a moving weight, which is
	// implementation dependent. This method will be called such that repeated
	// observations of the same master in each session request are favored.
	Observe(peer api.Peer, weight int)

	// ObserveIfExists records an experience with a particular remote if when a
	// remote exists.
	ObserveIfExists(peer api.Peer, weight int)

	// Remove the remote from the list completely.
	Remove(addrs ...api.Peer)
}