/thirdparty/breakpad/third_party/protobuf/protobuf/java/src/main/java/com/google/protobuf/BlockingRpcChannel.java

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package com.google.protobuf;

/**
 * <p>Abstract interface for a blocking RPC channel.  {@code BlockingRpcChannel}
 * is the blocking equivalent to {@link RpcChannel}.
 *
 * @author kenton@google.com Kenton Varda
 * @author cpovirk@google.com Chris Povirk
 */
public interface BlockingRpcChannel {
  /**
   * Call the given method of the remote service and blocks until it returns.
   * {@code callBlockingMethod()} is the blocking equivalent to
   * {@link RpcChannel#callMethod}.
   */
  Message callBlockingMethod(
      Descriptors.MethodDescriptor method,
      RpcController controller,
      Message request,
      Message responsePrototype) throws ServiceException;
}