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package org.apache.hadoop.ipc;

import java.io.IOException;

/**
 * Superclass of all protocols that use Hadoop RPC.
 * Subclasses of this interface are also supposed to have
 * a static final long versionID field.
 */
public interface VersionedProtocol {
  
  /**
   * Return protocol version corresponding to protocol interface.
   * @param protocol The classname of the protocol interface
   * @param clientVersion The version of the protocol that the client speaks
   * @return the version that the server will speak
   * @throws IOException if any IO error occurs
   */
  public long getProtocolVersion(String protocol,
                                 long clientVersion) throws IOException;

  /**
   * Return protocol version corresponding to protocol interface.
   * @param protocol The classname of the protocol interface
   * @param clientVersion The version of the protocol that the client speaks
   * @param clientMethodsHash the hashcode of client protocol methods
   * @return the server protocol signature containing its version and
   *         a list of its supported methods
   * @see ProtocolSignature#getProtocolSignature(VersionedProtocol, String, 
   *                long, int) for a default implementation
   */
  public ProtocolSignature getProtocolSignature(String protocol, 
                                 long clientVersion,
                                 int clientMethodsHash) throws IOException;
}