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package org.apache.xmlrpc.client;

import org.apache.xmlrpc.XmlRpcException;
import org.apache.xmlrpc.XmlRpcRequest;


/** Interface from XML-RPC to an underlying transport, most likely based on HTTP.
 * Replaces the interface org.apache.xmlrpc.client from Apache XML-RPC
 * 2.0, which has actually been a stream based transport.
 * @since 3.0
 */
public interface XmlRpcTransport {
	/**  Send an XML-RPC message. This method is called to send a message to the
	 * other party.
	 * @param pRequest The request being performed.
	 * @return Result object, if invoking the remote method was successfull.
	 * @throws XmlRpcException Performing the request failed.
	 */
	public Object sendRequest(XmlRpcRequest pRequest) throws XmlRpcException;
}