/* Copyright (c) 2006-2009 Jan S. Rellermeyer
* Systems Group,
* Department of Computer Science, ETH Zurich.
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package ch.ethz.iks.r_osgi;
import ch.ethz.iks.r_osgi.channels.ChannelEndpoint;
import ch.ethz.iks.r_osgi.channels.NetworkChannel;
/**
* This interface is used by generated proxy bundles. Applications don't have to
* use it.
*
* @author Jan S. Rellermeyer, ETH Zurich
* @since 0.1
*/
public interface Remoting {
/**
* get the endpoint of the channel to the denoted service url. If the peer
* is not connected, it returns <code>null</code>.
*
* @param uri
* the service uri.
* @return the endpoint or <code>null</code>
* @since 0.6
*/
ChannelEndpoint getEndpoint(final String uri);
/**
* create an endpoint.
*
* @param channel
* the channel.
*/
void createEndpoint(final NetworkChannel channel);
}