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25package sun.rmi.transport;
26
27import java.io.*;
28
29public interface Connection {
30    /**
31     * Gets the input stream for this connection.
32     */
33    public InputStream getInputStream() throws IOException;
34
35    /*
36     * Release the input stream for this connection.
37     */
38    public void releaseInputStream() throws IOException;
39
40    /**
41     * Gets the output stream for this connection
42     */
43    public OutputStream getOutputStream() throws IOException;
44
45    /*
46     * Release the output stream for this connection.
47     */
48    public void releaseOutputStream() throws IOException;
49
50    /**
51     * Return true if channel can be used for multiple operations.
52     */
53    public boolean isReusable();
54
55    /**
56     * Close connection.
57     */
58    public void close() throws IOException;
59
60    /**
61     * Returns the channel for this connection.
62     */
63    public Channel getChannel();
64}
65