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package org.apache.activemq.command;

/**
 * Represents the logical endpoint where commands come from or are sent to.
 * 
 * For connection based transports like TCP / VM then there is a single endpoint
 * for all commands. For transports like multicast there could be different
 * endpoints being used on the same transport.
 * 
 * @version $Revision$
 */
public interface Endpoint {
    
    /**
     * Returns the name of the endpoint.
     */
    String getName();

    /**
     * Returns the broker ID for this endpoint, if the endpoint is a broker or
     * null
     */
    BrokerId getBrokerId();

    /**
     * Returns the broker information for this endpoint, if the endpoint is a
     * broker or null
     */
    BrokerInfo getBrokerInfo();

    void setBrokerInfo(BrokerInfo brokerInfo);

}
