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+# Protocol Buffers - Google's data interchange format
+# Copyright 2008 Google Inc.  All rights reserved.
+# https://developers.google.com/protocol-buffers/
+#
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+
+"""DEPRECATED:  Declares the RPC service interfaces.
+
+This module declares the abstract interfaces underlying proto2 RPC
+services.  These are intended to be independent of any particular RPC
+implementation, so that proto2 services can be used on top of a variety
+of implementations.  Starting with version 2.3.0, RPC implementations should
+not try to build on these, but should instead provide code generator plugins
+which generate code specific to the particular RPC implementation.  This way
+the generated code can be more appropriate for the implementation in use
+and can avoid unnecessary layers of indirection.
+"""
+
+__author__ = 'petar@google.com (Petar Petrov)'
+
+
+class RpcException(Exception):
+  """Exception raised on failed blocking RPC method call."""
+  pass
+
+
+class Service(object):
+
+  """Abstract base interface for protocol-buffer-based RPC services.
+
+  Services themselves are abstract classes (implemented either by servers or as
+  stubs), but they subclass this base interface. The methods of this
+  interface can be used to call the methods of the service without knowing
+  its exact type at compile time (analogous to the Message interface).
+  """
+
+  def GetDescriptor():
+    """Retrieves this service's descriptor."""
+    raise NotImplementedError
+
+  def CallMethod(self, method_descriptor, rpc_controller,
+                 request, done):
+    """Calls a method of the service specified by method_descriptor.
+
+    If "done" is None then the call is blocking and the response
+    message will be returned directly.  Otherwise the call is asynchronous
+    and "done" will later be called with the response value.
+
+    In the blocking case, RpcException will be raised on error.
+
+    Preconditions:
+    * method_descriptor.service == GetDescriptor
+    * request is of the exact same classes as returned by
+      GetRequestClass(method).
+    * After the call has started, the request must not be modified.
+    * "rpc_controller" is of the correct type for the RPC implementation being
+      used by this Service.  For stubs, the "correct type" depends on the
+      RpcChannel which the stub is using.
+
+    Postconditions:
+    * "done" will be called when the method is complete.  This may be
+      before CallMethod() returns or it may be at some point in the future.
+    * If the RPC failed, the response value passed to "done" will be None.
+      Further details about the failure can be found by querying the
+      RpcController.
+    """
+    raise NotImplementedError
+
+  def GetRequestClass(self, method_descriptor):
+    """Returns the class of the request message for the specified method.
+
+    CallMethod() requires that the request is of a particular subclass of
+    Message. GetRequestClass() gets the default instance of this required
+    type.
+
+    Example:
+      method = service.GetDescriptor().FindMethodByName("Foo")
+      request = stub.GetRequestClass(method)()
+      request.ParseFromString(input)
+      service.CallMethod(method, request, callback)
+    """
+    raise NotImplementedError
+
+  def GetResponseClass(self, method_descriptor):
+    """Returns the class of the response message for the specified method.
+
+    This method isn't really needed, as the RpcChannel's CallMethod constructs
+    the response protocol message. It's provided anyway in case it is useful
+    for the caller to know the response type in advance.
+    """
+    raise NotImplementedError
+
+
+class RpcController(object):
+
+  """An RpcController mediates a single method call.
+
+  The primary purpose of the controller is to provide a way to manipulate
+  settings specific to the RPC implementation and to find out about RPC-level
+  errors. The methods provided by the RpcController interface are intended
+  to be a "least common denominator" set of features which we expect all
+  implementations to support.  Specific implementations may provide more
+  advanced features (e.g. deadline propagation).
+  """
+
+  # Client-side methods below
+
+  def Reset(self):
+    """Resets the RpcController to its initial state.
+
+    After the RpcController has been reset, it may be reused in
+    a new call. Must not be called while an RPC is in progress.
+    """
+    raise NotImplementedError
+
+  def Failed(self):
+    """Returns true if the call failed.
+
+    After a call has finished, returns true if the call failed.  The possible
+    reasons for failure depend on the RPC implementation.  Failed() must not
+    be called before a call has finished.  If Failed() returns true, the
+    contents of the response message are undefined.
+    """
+    raise NotImplementedError
+
+  def ErrorText(self):
+    """If Failed is true, returns a human-readable description of the error."""
+    raise NotImplementedError
+
+  def StartCancel(self):
+    """Initiate cancellation.
+
+    Advises the RPC system that the caller desires that the RPC call be
+    canceled.  The RPC system may cancel it immediately, may wait awhile and
+    then cancel it, or may not even cancel the call at all.  If the call is
+    canceled, the "done" callback will still be called and the RpcController
+    will indicate that the call failed at that time.
+    """
+    raise NotImplementedError
+
+  # Server-side methods below
+
+  def SetFailed(self, reason):
+    """Sets a failure reason.
+
+    Causes Failed() to return true on the client side.  "reason" will be
+    incorporated into the message returned by ErrorText().  If you find
+    you need to return machine-readable information about failures, you
+    should incorporate it into your response protocol buffer and should
+    NOT call SetFailed().
+    """
+    raise NotImplementedError
+
+  def IsCanceled(self):
+    """Checks if the client cancelled the RPC.
+
+    If true, indicates that the client canceled the RPC, so the server may
+    as well give up on replying to it.  The server should still call the
+    final "done" callback.
+    """
+    raise NotImplementedError
+
+  def NotifyOnCancel(self, callback):
+    """Sets a callback to invoke on cancel.
+
+    Asks that the given callback be called when the RPC is canceled.  The
+    callback will always be called exactly once.  If the RPC completes without
+    being canceled, the callback will be called after completion.  If the RPC
+    has already been canceled when NotifyOnCancel() is called, the callback
+    will be called immediately.
+
+    NotifyOnCancel() must be called no more than once per request.
+    """
+    raise NotImplementedError
+
+
+class RpcChannel(object):
+
+  """Abstract interface for an RPC channel.
+
+  An RpcChannel represents a communication line to a service which can be used
+  to call that service's methods.  The service may be running on another
+  machine. Normally, you should not use an RpcChannel directly, but instead
+  construct a stub {@link Service} wrapping it.  Example:
+
+  Example:
+    RpcChannel channel = rpcImpl.Channel("remotehost.example.com:1234")
+    RpcController controller = rpcImpl.Controller()
+    MyService service = MyService_Stub(channel)
+    service.MyMethod(controller, request, callback)
+  """
+
+  def CallMethod(self, method_descriptor, rpc_controller,
+                 request, response_class, done):
+    """Calls the method identified by the descriptor.
+
+    Call the given method of the remote service.  The signature of this
+    procedure looks the same as Service.CallMethod(), but the requirements
+    are less strict in one important way:  the request object doesn't have to
+    be of any specific class as long as its descriptor is method.input_type.
+    """
+    raise NotImplementedError