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 */
package com.tangosol.net;

import java.net.InetSocketAddress;

/**
 * The AddressProvider is a subclass interface of {@link SocketAddressProvider}
 * which returns {@link InetSocketAddress} from {@link #getNextAddress()}.
 *
 * @author gg,jh 2008-08-14
 * @since Coherence 3.4
 */
public interface AddressProvider
        extends SocketAddressProvider
    {
    /**
     * Covariant of {@link SocketAddressProvider#getNextAddress()} which
     * returns an {@link InetSocketAddress}.
     * 
     * @return the next available address or null if the list of available
     *         addresses was exhausted
     */
    public InetSocketAddress getNextAddress();
    }