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  package org.apache.cassandra.net;
  
  import java.io.IOException;
  
  /**
   * IVerbHandler provides the method that all verb handlers need to implement.
   * The concrete implementation of this interface would provide the functionality
   * for a given verb.
   */
  public interface IVerbHandler<T>
  {
      /**
       * This method delivers a message to the implementing class (if the implementing
       * class was registered by a call to MessagingService.registerVerbHandlers).
       * Note that the caller should not be holding any locks when calling this method
       * because the implementation may be synchronized.
       *
       * @param message - incoming message that needs handling.
       */
      void doVerb(Message<T> message) throws IOException;
  }
  