01: /*
02: * Copyright 1996-2001 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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04: *
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09: * by Sun in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code.
10: *
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13: * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License
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24: */
25: package sun.rmi.transport;
26:
27: import java.rmi.RemoteException;
28:
29: public interface Channel {
30:
31: /**
32: * Generates a new connection to the endpoint of the address space
33: * for which this is a channel.
34: */
35: public Connection newConnection() throws RemoteException;
36:
37: /**
38: * Returns the endpoint of the address space for which this is a
39: * channel.
40: */
41: public Endpoint getEndpoint();
42:
43: /**
44: * Free the connection generated by this channel.
45: * @param c The connection
46: * @param reuse If true, the connection is in a state in which it
47: * can be reused for another method call.
48: */
49: public void free(Connection conn, boolean reuse)
50: throws RemoteException;
51: }
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