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package com.google.web.bindery.requestfactory.shared;
/**
* Implemented by the request objects created by this factory.
*
* @param The return type of objects in the corresponding response.
*/
public interface Request {
/**
* Submit this request. Failures will be reported through the global uncaught
* exception handler, if any.
*/
void fire();
/**
* Convenience method equivalent to calling to(...).fire().
*
* @param receiver a {@link Receiver} instance
*/
void fire(Receiver receiver);
/**
* Specify the object that will receive the result of the method invocation.
*
* @param receiver a {@link Receiver} instance
* @return a {@link RequestContext} instance
*/
RequestContext to(Receiver receiver);
/**
* Request additional reference properties to fetch with the return value.
*
* @param propertyRefs a list of reference property names as Strings
* @return a {@link Request} instance of type T
*/
Request with(String... propertyRefs);
}