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package org.apache.hadoop.hbase.ipc;
import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceAudience;
import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceStability;
/**
* All custom RPC protocols to be exported by Coprocessors must extend this interface.
*
* <p>
* <strong>Note that all callable methods must have a return type handled by
* {@link org.apache.hadoop.hbase.io.HbaseObjectWritable#writeObject(java.io.DataOutput, Object, Class, org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration)}.</strong>
* That is:
* <ul>
* <li>a Java primitive type ({@code int}, {@code float}, etc)</li>
* <li>a Java {@code String}</li>
* <li>a {@link org.apache.hadoop.io.Writable}</li>
* <li>an array or {@code java.util.List} of one of the above</li>
* </ul>
* </p>
* @deprecated since 0.96. Use {@link org.apache.hadoop.hbase.coprocessor.CoprocessorService}
* instead.
*/
@InterfaceAudience.Public
@InterfaceStability.Evolving
@Deprecated
public interface CoprocessorProtocol extends VersionedProtocol {
public static final long VERSION = 1L;
}