/* * Copyright (c) 1996, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER. * * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as * published by the Free Software Foundation.  Oracle designates this * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided * by Oracle in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code. * * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that * accompanied this code). * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA. * * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any * questions. */package sun.rmi.transport; import java.io.*; public interface Connection {    /**     * Gets the input stream for this connection.     */    public InputStream getInputStream() throws IOException;     /*     * Release the input stream for this connection.     */    public void releaseInputStream() throws IOException;     /**     * Gets the output stream for this connection     */    public OutputStream getOutputStream() throws IOException;     /*     * Release the output stream for this connection.     */    public void releaseOutputStream() throws IOException;     /**     * Return true if channel can be used for multiple operations.     */    public boolean isReusable();     /**     * Close connection.     */    public void close() throws IOException;     /**     * Returns the channel for this connection.     */    public Channel getChannel();}