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package com.netscape.admin.certsrv.connection;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.SocketException;

/**
 * Interface for all connection objects. Primarily act as
 * the abstartion layer for SSLavaConnection and SSLConnection.
 *
 * @author Jack Pan-Chen
 * @version $Revision$, $Date$
 * @see com.netscape.certsrv.client.connection.SSLavaConnection
 * @see com.netscape.certsrv.client.connection.SSLConnection
 */
public interface IConnection {

    /**
     *  Send request to the server using this connection
     */
    public int sendRequest(String req) throws IOException;

    /**
     * Returns the response in byte array format
     */
    public byte[] getResponse();

    /**
     * Close the connection
     */
    public void disconnect();
    
    /**
     * SetTimeout
     */
    public void setSoTimeout(int timeout) throws SocketException;
 
 
}