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package org.apache.hadoop.ipc;

import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceAudience;

/**
 * An interface implemented by client-side protocol translators to get the
 * underlying proxy object the translator is operating on.
 */
@InterfaceAudience.Private
public interface ProtocolTranslator {
  
  /**
   * Return the proxy object underlying this protocol translator.
   * @return the proxy object underlying this protocol translator.
   */
  public Object getUnderlyingProxyObject();

}