1 /*
2 * Copyright 2005 the original author or authors.
3 *
4 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
5 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
6 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
7 *
8 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
9 *
10 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
11 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
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13 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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15 */
16
17 package org.springframework.ws.server.endpoint;
18
19 import org.springframework.ws.context.MessageContext;
20
21 /**
22 * Defines the basic contract for Web Services interested in the entire message payload.
23 * <p/>
24 * <p>The main entrypoint is {@link #invoke(MessageContext)}, which gets invoked with the message context. This context
25 * contains the {@link MessageContext#getRequest() request}, and can be used to create a response.
26 *
27 * @author Arjen Poutsma
28 * @see org.springframework.ws.server.endpoint.PayloadEndpoint
29 * @since 1.0.0
30 */
31 public interface MessageEndpoint {
32
33 /**
34 * Invokes an operation.
35 * <p/>
36 * <p>The given <code>messageContext</code> can be used to create a response.
37 *
38 * @param messageContext the message context
39 * @throws Exception if an exception occurs
40 */
41 void invoke(MessageContext messageContext) throws Exception;
42 }