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package org.apache.ignite.internal.util.ipc;
import java.io.Closeable;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.OutputStream;
import org.apache.ignite.IgniteCheckedException;
/**
* IGFS IPC endpoint used for point-to-point communication.
*/
public interface IpcEndpoint extends Closeable {
/**
* Gets input stream associated with this IPC endpoint.
*
* @return IPC input stream.
* @throws IgniteCheckedException If error occurred.
*/
public InputStream inputStream() throws IgniteCheckedException;
/**
* Gets output stream associated with this IPC endpoint.
*
* @return IPC output stream.
* @throws IgniteCheckedException If error occurred.
*/
public OutputStream outputStream() throws IgniteCheckedException;
/**
* Closes endpoint. Note that IPC endpoint may acquire native resources so it must be always closed
* once it is not needed.
*/
@Override public void close();
}