001package org.apache.commons.jcs.auxiliary.remote.behavior;
002
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021
022import org.apache.commons.jcs.auxiliary.remote.value.RemoteCacheRequest;
023import org.apache.commons.jcs.auxiliary.remote.value.RemoteCacheResponse;
024
025import java.io.IOException;
026
027/**
028 * In the future, this can be used as a generic dispatcher abstraction.
029 * <p>
030 * At the time of creation, only the http remote cache uses it. The RMI remote could be converted to
031 * use it as well.
032 */
033public interface IRemoteCacheDispatcher
034{
035    /**
036     * All requests will go through this method. The dispatcher implementation will send the request
037     * remotely.
038     * <p>
039     * @param remoteCacheRequest
040     * @return RemoteCacheResponse
041     * @throws IOException
042     */
043    <K, V, T>
044        RemoteCacheResponse<T> dispatchRequest( RemoteCacheRequest<K, V> remoteCacheRequest )
045            throws IOException;
046}