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019package org.apache.reef.io.network;
020
021import org.apache.reef.wake.Identifier;
022
023/**
024 * Factory that creates a new connection.
025 *
026 * @param <T> type
027 */
028public interface ConnectionFactory<T> {
029
030  /**
031   * Creates a new connection.
032   *
033   * @param destId a destination identifier
034   * @return a connection
035   */
036  Connection<T> newConnection(Identifier destId);
037
038  /**
039   * @return the connection factory identifier.
040   */
041  Identifier getConnectionFactoryId();
042
043  /**
044   * Each connection factory has own local end point id. If connections
045   * are created by the connection factory, the local end point id is used as
046   * the source id of all the connections. It returns the local end point id.
047   *
048   * @return the local end point id
049   */
050  Identifier getLocalEndPointId();
051}