1 package org.apache.commons.jcs.auxiliary.remote.behavior;
2
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21
22 import org.apache.commons.jcs.auxiliary.remote.value.RemoteCacheRequest;
23 import org.apache.commons.jcs.auxiliary.remote.value.RemoteCacheResponse;
24
25 import java.io.IOException;
26
27 /**
28 * In the future, this can be used as a generic dispatcher abstraction.
29 * <p>
30 * At the time of creation, only the http remote cache uses it. The RMI remote could be converted to
31 * use it as well.
32 */
33 public interface IRemoteCacheDispatcher
34 {
35 /**
36 * All requests will go through this method. The dispatcher implementation will send the request
37 * remotely.
38 * <p>
39 * @param remoteCacheRequest
40 * @return RemoteCacheResponse
41 * @throws IOException
42 */
43 <K, V, T>
44 RemoteCacheResponse<T> dispatchRequest( RemoteCacheRequest<K, V> remoteCacheRequest )
45 throws IOException;
46 }