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package org.jboss.ejb.client;

/**
 * A {@link ClusterNodeManager} is responsible for creating and managing the {@link EJBReceiver} associated
 * with a cluster node
 *
 * @author Jaikiran Pai
 */
public interface ClusterNodeManager {

    /**
     * Returns the name of the node. This method should not return null.
     *
     * @return
     */
    String getNodeName();

    /**
     * Returns a {@link EJBReceiver} for the node. This method can return null.
     *
     * @return
     */
    EJBReceiver getEJBReceiver();
}