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package org.onosproject.incubator.rpc;

import com.google.common.annotations.Beta;

// Implementation is expected to be a handler for RPC channel
// and shim-layer to convert Java Service interface calls to/from RPC call
/**
 * Context for Remote service.
 */
@Beta
public interface RemoteServiceContext {

    // we may need a method to check connection state?

    /**
     * Returns implementation of the specified service class.
     *
     * @param serviceClass service class
     * @param <T>          type of service
     * @return implementation class
     * @throws UnsupportedOperationException if this context does not support it.
     */
    <T> T get(Class<T> serviceClass);
}