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package org.fabric3.binding.zeromq.runtime.message;

import org.fabric3.spi.invocation.WorkContext;

/**
 * Implementations dispatch messages over a ZeroMQ socket using a request-reply pattern. Qualities of service such as reliability may be provided by
 * an implementation.
 */
public interface RequestReplySender extends Sender {

    /**
     * Sends the message over the socket and blocks for a response.
     *
     * @param message the serialized message
     * @param index   the operation index used to determine which intercept chain to dispatch the message to
     * @param context the current work context
     * @return the serialized response
     */
    byte[] sendAndReply(byte[] message, int index, WorkContext context);
}