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 * 
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 * 
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package org.apache.ws.scout.transport;

import java.net.URI;

import org.w3c.dom.Element;

/**
 * Interface to the message transport class.
 *  
 * <p><i>Borrowed from jUDDI project.</i></p>
 * 
 * @author Steve Viens (sviens@apache.org)
 */
public interface Transport
{
  Element send(Element request,URI endPointURI)
    throws TransportException;
  
  String send(String request,URI endpointURI)
    throws TransportException;
}