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package org.apache.flink.runtime.rpc.akka.messages;

import java.io.IOException;

/**
 * Interface for rpc invocation messages. The interface allows to request all necessary information
 * to lookup a method and call it with the corresponding arguments.
 */
public interface RpcInvocation {

	/**
	 * Returns the method's name.
	 *
	 * @return Method name
	 * @throws IOException if the rpc invocation message is a remote message and could not be deserialized
	 * @throws ClassNotFoundException if the rpc invocation message is a remote message and contains
	 * serialized classes which cannot be found on the receiving side
	 */
	String getMethodName() throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException;

	/**
	 * Returns the method's parameter types
	 *
	 * @return Method's parameter types
	 * @throws IOException if the rpc invocation message is a remote message and could not be deserialized
	 * @throws ClassNotFoundException if the rpc invocation message is a remote message and contains
	 * serialized classes which cannot be found on the receiving side
	 */
	Class<?>[] getParameterTypes() throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException;

	/**
	 * Returns the arguments of the remote procedure call
	 *
	 * @return Arguments of the remote procedure call
	 * @throws IOException if the rpc invocation message is a remote message and could not be deserialized
	 * @throws ClassNotFoundException if the rpc invocation message is a remote message and contains
	 * serialized classes which cannot be found on the receiving side
	 */
	Object[] getArgs() throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException;
}