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  package com.alibaba.otter.shared.communication.core;
  
  import com.alibaba.otter.shared.communication.core.model.Event;
  
  /**
   * 通讯服务端点，需要在每个node上部署后，就可以通过Communication工具进行数据通讯
   * 
   * @author jianghang 2011-9-9 下午04:07:51
   */
  public interface CommunicationEndpoint {
  
      /**
       * 初始化endpint
       */
      public void initial();
  
      /**
       * 销毁endpoint
       */
      public void destory();
  
      /**
       * 接受一个消息
       * 
       * @return
       */
      public Object acceptEvent(Event event);
  
  }
  