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J. Duke319a3b92007-12-01 00:00:00 +00001/*
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25package sun.rmi.transport;
26
27import java.rmi.RemoteException;
28
29public 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) throws RemoteException;
50}