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package org.apache.geode.distributed.internal;
import java.util.Set;
import org.apache.geode.distributed.internal.membership.InternalDistributedMember;
import org.apache.geode.internal.cache.DirectReplyMessage;
/**
* This interface is used by direct ack messages to send a reply to the original sender of the
* message. Any message which implements {@link DirectReplyMessage} must reply by calling
* putOutgoing on the ReplySender returned by
* {@link DistributionMessage#getReplySender(DistributionManager)}
*
* The reply sender may be the distribution manager itself, or it may send the reply directly back
* on the same socket the message as received on.
*
*/
public interface ReplySender {
Set<InternalDistributedMember> putOutgoing(DistributionMessage msg);
}