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package com.sun.nio.sctp;

A notification from the SCTP stack.
 Objects of this type are passed to the NotificationHandler when a notification is received. 
 An SCTP channel supports the following notifications: AssociationChangeNotification, PeerAddressChangeNotification, SendFailedNotification, ShutdownNotification, and may support additional implementation specific notifications. 
Since:
1.7/**
 * A notification from the SCTP stack.
 *
 * <P> Objects of this type are passed to the {@link NotificationHandler} when
 * a notification is received.
 *
 * <P> An SCTP channel supports the following notifications: {@link
 * AssociationChangeNotification}, {@link PeerAddressChangeNotification},
 * {@link SendFailedNotification}, {@link ShutdownNotification}, and may support
 * additional implementation specific notifications.
 *
 * @since 1.7
 */
public interface Notification {
    
Returns the association that this notification is applicable to.
/**
     * Returns the association that this notification is applicable to.
     */
    public Association association();
}