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25package sun.rmi.transport;
26
27import java.rmi.RemoteException;
28
29public interface Channel {
30
31    /**
32     * Generates a new connection to the endpoint of the address space
33     * for which this is a channel.
34     */
35    public Connection newConnection() throws RemoteException;
36
37    /**
38     * Returns the endpoint of the address space for which this is a
39     * channel.
40     */
41    public Endpoint getEndpoint();
42
43    /**
44     * Free the connection generated by this channel.
45     * @param conn The connection.
46     * @param reuse If true, the connection is in a state in which it
47     *        can be reused for another method call.
48     */
49    public void free(Connection conn, boolean reuse) throws RemoteException;
50}
51