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package org.apache.directory.shared.ldap.message;

import org.apache.directory.shared.ldap.codec.MessageTypeEnum;
import org.apache.directory.shared.ldap.message.internal.InternalResultResponseRequest;


/**
 * A request that can generate zero, one, or more heterogenous responses for a
 * single request.
 * 
 * @author <a href="mailto:dev@directory.apache.org"> Apache Directory Project</a>
 * @version $Rev$
 */
public interface ManyReplyRequest extends InternalResultResponseRequest
{
    /**
     * Gets the various types of messages that can be generated by this kind of
     * request.
     * 
     * @return the messages types generated in response to this Request
     */
    MessageTypeEnum[] getResponseTypes();
}
