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package org.signserver.protocol.ws.client;

/**
 * Interface used to containing one fault of 
 * one of the calls made to a sign server node.
 *
 * @author Philip Vendil 
 * @version $Id: ICommunicationFault.java 1833 2011-08-10 14:28:47Z netmackan $
 */
public interface ICommunicationFault {

    /**
     * @return the error that happened during the communication, can be null
     * if the error didn't come from an exception.
     */
    Throwable getThrowed();

    /**
     * @return a description of what happened
     */
    String getDescription();

    /**
     * @return the host name that the client were trying to connect to.
     */
    String getHostName();
}