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// Protocol Buffers - Google's data interchange format
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// Copyright 2008 Google Inc.  All rights reserved.
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// http://code.google.com/p/protobuf/
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//
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// Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
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// modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are
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// met:
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//
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//     * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
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// notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
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//     * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above
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// copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer
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// in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
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// distribution.
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//     * Neither the name of Google Inc. nor the names of its
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// contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from
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// this software without specific prior written permission.
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//
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// THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
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// "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
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// LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
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// A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
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// OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
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// SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
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// LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
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// DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
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// THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
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// (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
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// OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
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package com.google.protobuf;
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/**
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 * <p>Abstract interface for an RPC channel.  An {@code RpcChannel} represents a
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 * communication line to a {@link Service} which can be used to call that
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 * {@link Service}'s methods.  The {@link Service} may be running on another
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 * machine.  Normally, you should not call an {@code RpcChannel} directly, but
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 * instead construct a stub {@link Service} wrapping it.  Example:
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 *
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 * <pre>
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 *   RpcChannel channel = rpcImpl.newChannel("remotehost.example.com:1234");
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 *   RpcController controller = rpcImpl.newController();
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 *   MyService service = MyService.newStub(channel);
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 *   service.myMethod(controller, request, callback);
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 * </pre>
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 *
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 * <p>Starting with version 2.3.0, RPC implementations should not try to build
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 * on this, but should instead provide code generator plugins which generate
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 * code specific to the particular RPC implementation.  This way the generated
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 * code can be more appropriate for the implementation in use and can avoid
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 * unnecessary layers of indirection.
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 *
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 * @author kenton@google.com Kenton Varda
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 */
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public interface RpcChannel {
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  /**
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   * Call the given method of the remote service.  This method is similar to
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   * {@code Service.callMethod()} with one important difference:  the caller
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   * decides the types of the {@code Message} objects, not the callee.  The
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   * request may be of any type as long as
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   * {@code request.getDescriptor() == method.getInputType()}.
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   * The response passed to the callback will be of the same type as
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   * {@code responsePrototype} (which must have
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   * {@code getDescriptor() == method.getOutputType()}).
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   */
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  void callMethod(Descriptors.MethodDescriptor method,
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                  RpcController controller,
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                  Message request,
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                  Message responsePrototype,
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                  RpcCallback<Message> done);
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}