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/**
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package org.apache.geode.internal.cache;

import org.apache.geode.distributed.internal.DistributionMessage;
import org.apache.geode.distributed.internal.membership.InternalDistributedMember;

/**
 * Messages that carry transaction information will implement this interface
 * 
 */
public interface TransactionMessage {
  /**
   * Returns the transaction id on the sender this message belongs to
   * 
   * @return the unique transaction id per sender
   */
  public int getTXUniqId();

  /**
   * Returns the member id of the originating member for this transaction
   * 
   * @return memberId of tx originator
   */
  public InternalDistributedMember getMemberToMasqueradeAs();


  /**
   * We do not want all the messages to start a remote transaction. e.g. SizeMessage. If this method
   * returns true, a transaction will be created if none exists
   * 
   * @return true if this message can start a remote transaction, false otherwise
   */
  public boolean canStartRemoteTransaction();

  /**
   * @see DistributionMessage#getSender()
   * @return the sender of this message
   */
  public InternalDistributedMember getSender();

  /**
   * Gets the MemberId of the originating member of the transaction that this message is a part of.
   * 
   * @return the memberId of the client that started this transaction, or null if not from client
   */
  public InternalDistributedMember getTXOriginatorClient();


  /**
   * Messages that do not want to participate in transactions return false. e.g.
   * <code>ManageBucketMessage</code>
   */
  public boolean canParticipateInTransaction();

  /**
   * Messages that participate in distributed transaction return true, others return false
   */
  public boolean isTransactionDistributed();
}