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+/*
+ *
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * 
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ *
+ */
+using System;
+using Apache.Qpid.Buffer;
+
+namespace Apache.Qpid.Client.Transport
+{
+   /// <summary>
+   /// Represents input/output channels that read
+   /// and write <see cref="ByteBuffer"/> instances
+   /// </summary>
+   public interface IByteChannel
+   {
+      /// <summary>
+      /// Read a <see cref="ByteBuffer"/> from the underlying 
+      /// network stream and any configured filters 
+      /// </summary>
+      /// <returns>A ByteBuffer, if available</returns>
+      ByteBuffer Read();
+      /// <summary>
+      /// Begin an asynchronous read operation
+      /// </summary>
+      /// <param name="callback">Callback method to call when read operation completes</param>
+      /// <param name="state">State object</param>
+      /// <returns>An <see cref="System.IAsyncResult"/> object</returns>
+      IAsyncResult BeginRead(AsyncCallback callback, object state);
+      /// <summary>
+      /// End an asynchronous read operation
+      /// </summary>
+      /// <param name="result">The <see cref="System.IAsyncResult"/> object returned from <see cref="BeginRead"/></param>
+      /// <returns>The <see cref="ByteBuffer"/> read</returns>
+      ByteBuffer EndRead(IAsyncResult result);
+      /// <summary>
+      /// Write a <see cref="ByteBuffer"/> to the underlying network 
+      /// stream, going through any configured filters
+      /// </summary>
+      /// <param name="buffer"></param>
+      void Write(ByteBuffer buffer);
+      /// <summary>
+      /// Begin an asynchronous write operation
+      /// </summary>
+      /// <param name="buffer">Buffer to write</param>
+      /// <param name="callback">A callback to call when the operation completes</param>
+      /// <param name="state">State object</param>
+      /// <returns>An <see cref="System.IAsyncResult"/> object</returns>
+      IAsyncResult BeginWrite(ByteBuffer buffer, AsyncCallback callback, object state);
+      /// <summary>
+      /// End an asynchronous write operation
+      /// </summary>
+      /// <param name="result">The <see cref="System.IAsyncResult"/> object returned by <see cref="BeginWrite"/></param>
+      void EndWrite(IAsyncResult result);
+   }
+}