container/modules/groupcom/src/share/org/apache/catalina/tribes/group/RpcCallback.java

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package org.apache.catalina.tribes.group;

import java.io.Serializable;

import org.apache.catalina.tribes.Member;

/**
 * The RpcCallback interface is an interface for the Tribes channel to request a
 * response object to a request that came in.
 * @author not attributable
 * @version 1.0
 */
public interface RpcCallback {
    
    /**
     * 
     * @param msg Serializable
     * @return Serializable - null if no reply should be sent
     */
    public Serializable replyRequest(Serializable msg, Member sender);
    
    /**
     * If the reply has already been sent to the requesting thread,
     * the rpc callback can handle any data that comes in after the fact.
     * @param msg Serializable
     * @param sender Member
     */
    public void leftOver(Serializable msg, Member sender);
    
}