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1 /***
2  * Jonathan: an Open Distributed Processing Environment
3  * Copyright (C) 1999 France Telecom R&D
4  *
5  * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
6  * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
7  * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
8  * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
9  *
10  * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
11  * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
12  * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
13  * Lesser General Public License for more details.
14  *
15  * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
16  * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
17  * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
18  *
19  * Release: 2.0
20  *
21  * Contact: jonathan@objectweb.org
22  *
23  * Author: Bruno Dumant
24  *
25  */
26
27
28 package org.objectweb.jonathan.apis.protocols;
29
30 import org.objectweb.jonathan.apis.kernel.JonathanException;
31 import org.objectweb.jonathan.apis.binding.ExportException;
32
33 /**
34  * @see Protocol
35  */
36 public interface ProtocolGraph {
37
38    /**
39     * Exports a session using the graph represented by the target object.
40     * <p>
41     * This method informs the protocol that the provided session
42     * is willing to accept messages. The returned session identifier is a
43     * specific name
44     * for the exported session. For a more general explanation, see
45     * {@link Protocol here}.
46     *
47     * @param hls a session to export;
48     * @return an identifier for the exported session.
49     * @exception ExportException if the export process fails;
50     * @exception JonathanException if another error occurs.
51     * @see org.objectweb.jonathan.model.naming_context#export(org.objectweb.jonathan.model.name)
52     */
53    public SessionIdentifier export(Session_Low hls)
54       throws ExportException, JonathanException;
55 }
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