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013
014package org.hornetq.api.core.client.loadbalance;
015
016/**
017 * A ConnectionLoadBalancingPolicy defines a policy to load balance between connections.
018 *
019 * @author <a href="mailto:tim.fox@jboss.com">Tim Fox</a>
020 */
021public interface ConnectionLoadBalancingPolicy
022{
023   /**
024    * Returns the selected index according to the policy implementation.
025    *
026    * @param max maximum position index that can be selected
027    */
028   int select(int max);
029}