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 * Copyright 2015 Open Networking Laboratory
 *
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 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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 *
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package org.onosproject.incubator.rpc;

import java.net.URI;

import com.google.common.annotations.Beta;

// This is actually the RPC Service, where consumers get
// RemoteSericeContext (~= RPC Session) for given URI
// expected to be implemented by some Manager class on Lower-side ONOS
/**
 * Service for retrieving RPC session handler ({@link RemoteServiceContext}).
 */
@Beta
public interface RemoteServiceDirectory {

    /**
     * Returns remote service context.
     *
     * @param uri URI representing remote end point. e.g., (grpc://hostname:port)
     * @return remote service context
     * @throws UnsupportedOperationException if URI scheme was not supported.
     */
    RemoteServiceContext get(URI uri);

}