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020    package org.apache.directory.shared.ldap.message;
021    
022    
023    /**
024     * A request that can generate zero, one, or more heterogenous responses for a
025     * single request.
026     * 
027     * @author <a href="mailto:dev@directory.apache.org"> Apache Directory Project</a>
028     * @version $Rev: 764131 $
029     */
030    public interface ManyReplyRequest extends InternalResultResponseRequest
031    {
032        /**
033         * Gets the various types of messages that can be generated by this kind of
034         * request.
035         * 
036         * @return the messages types generated in response to this Request
037         */
038        MessageTypeEnum[] getResponseTypes();
039    }