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package org.apache.dubbo.remoting.exchange;

import org.apache.dubbo.common.URL;
import org.apache.dubbo.common.extension.Adaptive;
import org.apache.dubbo.common.extension.ExtensionScope;
import org.apache.dubbo.common.extension.SPI;
import org.apache.dubbo.remoting.Constants;
import org.apache.dubbo.remoting.RemotingException;
import org.apache.dubbo.remoting.exchange.support.header.HeaderExchanger;

/**
 * Exchanger. (SPI, Singleton, ThreadSafe)
 * <p>
 * <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Message_Exchange_Pattern">Message Exchange Pattern</a>
 * <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Request-response">Request-Response</a>
 */
@SPI(value = HeaderExchanger.NAME, scope = ExtensionScope.FRAMEWORK)
public interface Exchanger {

    /**
     * bind.
     *
     * @param url
     * @param handler
     * @return message server
     */
    @Adaptive({Constants.EXCHANGER_KEY})
    ExchangeServer bind(URL url, ExchangeHandler handler) throws RemotingException;

    /**
     * connect.
     *
     * @param url
     * @param handler
     * @return message channel
     */
    @Adaptive({Constants.EXCHANGER_KEY})
    ExchangeClient connect(URL url, ExchangeHandler handler) throws RemotingException;
}
