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  package org.apache.activemq.command;
  
  /**
   * Represents the logical endpoint where commands come from or are sent to.
   * 
   * For connection based transports like TCP / VM then there is a single endpoint
   * for all commands. For transports like multicast there could be different
   * endpoints being used on the same transport.
   * 
   * 
   */
  public interface Endpoint {
      
      /**
       * Returns the name of the endpoint.
       */
      String getName();
  
      /**
       * Returns the broker ID for this endpoint, if the endpoint is a broker or
       * null
       */
      BrokerId getBrokerId();
  
      /**
       * Returns the broker information for this endpoint, if the endpoint is a
       * broker or null
       */
      BrokerInfo getBrokerInfo();
  
      void setBrokerInfo(BrokerInfo brokerInfo);
  
  }
  