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/*
* Copyright 1999,2004-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
*
* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
* You may obtain a copy of the License at
*
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package org.apache.catalina.tribes.tipis;
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);
}