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package org.jboss.com.sun.corba.se.pept.protocol;
import org.jboss.com.sun.corba.se.pept.broker.Broker;
import org.jboss.com.sun.corba.se.pept.encoding.InputObject;
import org.jboss.com.sun.corba.se.pept.encoding.OutputObject;
import org.jboss.com.sun.corba.se.pept.transport.Connection;
import org.jboss.com.sun.corba.se.pept.transport.ContactInfo;
/**
* <code>MessageMediator</code> is a central repository for artifacts associated with an individual message.
*
* @author Harold Carr
*/
public interface MessageMediator
{
/**
* The {@link org.jboss.com.sun.corba.se.pept.broker.Broker Broker} associated with an invocation.
*
* @return {@link org.jboss.com.sun.corba.se.pept.broker.Broker Broker}
*/
public Broker getBroker();
/**
* Get the {@link org.jboss.com.sun.corba.se.pept.transport.ContactInfo ContactInfo} which created this
* <code>MessageMediator</code>.
*
* @return {@link org.jboss.com.sun.corba.se.pept.transport.ContactInfo ContactInfo}
*/
public ContactInfo getContactInfo();
/**
* Get the {@link org.jboss.com.sun.corba.se.pept.transport.Connection Connection} on which this message is sent or
* received.
*/
public Connection getConnection();
/**
* Used to initialize message headers.
*
* Note: this should be moved to a <code>RequestDispatcher</code>.
*/
public void initializeMessage();
/**
* Used to send the message (or its last fragment).
*
* Note: this should be moved to a <code>RequestDispatcher</code>.
*/
public void finishSendingRequest();
/**
* Used to wait for a response for synchronous messages.
*
* @deprecated
*/
@Deprecated
public InputObject waitForResponse();
/**
* Used to set the {@link org.jboss.com.sun.corba.se.pept.encoding.OutputObject OutputObject} used for the message.
*
* @param outputObject
*/
public void setOutputObject(OutputObject outputObject);
/**
* Used to get the {@link org.jboss.com.sun.corba.se.pept.encoding.OutputObject OutputObject} used for the message.
*
* @return {@link org.jboss.com.sun.corba.se.pept.encoding.OutputObject OutputObject}
*/
public OutputObject getOutputObject();
/**
* Used to set the {@link org.jboss.com.sun.corba.se.pept.encoding.InputObject InputObject} used for the message.
*
* @param inputObject
*/
public void setInputObject(InputObject inputObject);
/**
* Used to get the {@link org.jboss.com.sun.corba.se.pept.encoding.InputObject InputObject} used for the message.
*
* @return {@link org.jboss.com.sun.corba.se.pept.encoding.InputObject InputObject}
*/
public InputObject getInputObject();
}
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