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package org.apache.hadoop.hbase.ipc;


public interface RpcCallContext extends Delayable {
  /**
   * Check if the caller who made this IPC call has disconnected.
   * If called from outside the context of IPC, this does nothing.
   * @return < 0 if the caller is still connected. The time in ms
   *  since the disconnection otherwise
   */
  long disconnectSince();

  /**
   * If the client connected and specified a codec to use, then we will use this codec making
   * cellblocks to return.  If the client did not specify a codec, we assume it does not support
   * cellblocks and will return all content protobuf'd (though it makes our serving slower).
   * We need to ask this question per call because a server could be hosting both clients that
   * support cellblocks while fielding requests from clients that do not.
   * @return True if the client supports cellblocks, else return all content in pb
   */
  boolean isClientCellBlockSupport();
}