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/*
 * jPOS Project [http://jpos.org]
 * Copyright (C) 2000-2016 Alejandro P. Revilla
 *
 * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
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 *
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 */

package org.jpos.iso;

/**
 * Tag this channel as a client one (from a Socket point of view)
 *
 * Please note that ISOChannel implementations may choose to
 * implement ClientChannel as well as ServerChannel, being a
 * client does not mean it can not be a server too.
 * 
 * @author Alejandro P. Revilla
 * @version $Revision$ $Date$
 * @see ISOChannel
 * @see ServerChannel
 */
public interface ClientChannel extends ISOChannel {
    /**
     * initialize an ISOChannel
     * @param host  server TCP Address
     * @param port  server port number
     */
    void setHost(String host, int port);

    /**
     * @return hostname (may be null)
     */
    String getHost();

    /**
     * @return port number (may be 0)
     */
    int getPort();
}