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package com.alibaba.dubbo.remoting;

import javax.sound.midi.Receiver;

import com.alibaba.dubbo.common.Constants;
import com.alibaba.dubbo.common.URL;
import com.alibaba.dubbo.common.extension.Adaptive;
import com.alibaba.dubbo.common.extension.SPI;

/**
 * Transporter. (SPI, Singleton, ThreadSafe)
 * 
 * Transport Layer
 * Client/Server
 * 
 * @see com.alibaba.dubbo.remoting.Transporters
 * @author ding.lid
 * @author william.liangf
 */
@SPI("netty")
public interface Transporter {

    /**
     * Bind a server.
     * 
     * @see com.alibaba.dubbo.remoting.Transporters#bind(URL, Receiver, ChannelHandler)
     * @param url server url
     * @param handler
     * @return server
     * @throws RemotingException 
     */
    @Adaptive({Constants.SERVER_KEY, Constants.TRANSPORTER_KEY})
    Server bind(URL url, ChannelHandler handler) throws RemotingException;

    /**
     * Connect to a server.
     * 
     * @see com.alibaba.dubbo.remoting.Transporters#connect(URL, Receiver, ChannelListener)
     * @param url server url
     * @param handler
     * @return client
     * @throws RemotingException 
     */
    @Adaptive({Constants.CLIENT_KEY, Constants.TRANSPORTER_KEY})
    Client connect(URL url, ChannelHandler handler) throws RemotingException;

}