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+/*
+ * Copyright 1996-2001 Sun Microsystems, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.  Sun designates this
+ * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided
+ * by Sun in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Sun Microsystems, Inc., 4150 Network Circle, Santa Clara,
+ * CA 95054 USA or visit www.sun.com if you need additional information or
+ * have any questions.
+ */
+package sun.rmi.transport;
+
+import java.rmi.RemoteException;
+
+public interface Channel {
+
+    /**
+     * Generates a new connection to the endpoint of the address space
+     * for which this is a channel.
+     */
+    public Connection newConnection() throws RemoteException;
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the endpoint of the address space for which this is a
+     * channel.
+     */
+    public Endpoint getEndpoint();
+
+    /**
+     * Free the connection generated by this channel.
+     * @param c The connection
+     * @param reuse If true, the connection is in a state in which it
+     *        can be reused for another method call.
+     */
+    public void free(Connection conn, boolean reuse) throws RemoteException;
+}