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017package org.apache.activemq.command;
018
019/**
020 * Represents the logical endpoint where commands come from or are sent to.
021 * 
022 * For connection based transports like TCP / VM then there is a single endpoint
023 * for all commands. For transports like multicast there could be different
024 * endpoints being used on the same transport.
025 * 
026 * 
027 */
028public interface Endpoint {
029    
030    /**
031     * Returns the name of the endpoint.
032     */
033    String getName();
034
035    /**
036     * Returns the broker ID for this endpoint, if the endpoint is a broker or
037     * null
038     */
039    BrokerId getBrokerId();
040
041    /**
042     * Returns the broker information for this endpoint, if the endpoint is a
043     * broker or null
044     */
045    BrokerInfo getBrokerInfo();
046
047    void setBrokerInfo(BrokerInfo brokerInfo);
048
049}