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package org.infinispan.remoting.rpc;
import org.infinispan.remoting.responses.Response;
import org.infinispan.remoting.transport.Address;
/**
* A mechanism of filtering RPC responses. Used with the RPC manager.
*
* @author Manik Surtani
* @since 4.0
*/
public interface ResponseFilter {
/**
* Determines whether a response from a given sender should be added to the response list of the request
*
* @param response The response (usually a serializable value)
* @param sender The sender of response
* @return True if we should add the response to the response list of a request, otherwise false. In the latter case,
* we don't add the response to the response list.
*/
boolean isAcceptable(Response response, Address sender);
/**
* Right after calling {@link #isAcceptable(Response, Address)}, this method is called to see whether we are done
* with the request and can unblock the caller
*
* @return False if the request is done, otherwise true
*/
boolean needMoreResponses();
}