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package org.jboss.remoting.transport;
import org.jboss.remoting.InvokerLocator;
import java.util.Map;
/**
* This interface is used to indicate that a client invoker represents
* as transport that is bidirectional, which means that calls from the
* server to the client can be made without having to open a new physical connection
* from the server back to the client/
*
* @author Tom Elrod
*/
public interface BidirectionalClientInvoker extends ClientInvoker
{
/**
* Gets the locator to be used for callbacks when want do not want
* to establish a new physical connectiong from the server to the client.
* @param metadata
* @return
*/
public InvokerLocator getCallbackLocator(Map metadata);
}