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package com.sun.star.lib.uno.environments.remote;

/**
 * An abstraction for giving back a reply for a request.
 *
 * @version $Revision: 1.6 $ $ $Date: 2008-04-11 11:19:43 $
 * @author Kay Ramme
 * @see com.sun.star.uno.IQueryInterface
 */
public interface IReceiver {
    /**
     * Send back a reply for a request.
     *
     * @param exception <CODE>true</CODE> if an exception (instead of a normal
     *     result) is sent back.
     * @param threadId the thread ID of the request.
     * @param result the result of executing the request, or an exception thrown
     *     while executing the request.
     */
    void sendReply(boolean exception, ThreadId threadId, Object result);
}