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package javax.xml.soap;
/**
* A point-to-point connection that a client can use for sending messages
* directly to a remote party (represented by a URL, for instance).
*
* The SOAPConnection class is optional. Some implementations may
* not implement this interface in which case the call to
* SOAPConnectionFactory.newInstance() (see below) will
* throw an UnsupportedOperationException.
*
* A client can obtain a SOAPConnection object using a
* {@link SOAPConnectionFactory} object as in the following example:
*
* SOAPConnectionFactory factory = SOAPConnectionFactory.newInstance();
* SOAPConnection con = factory.createConnection();
*
* A SOAPConnection object can be used to send messages
* directly to a URL following the request/response paradigm. That is,
* messages are sent using the method call, which sends the
* message and then waits until it gets a reply.
*/
public abstract class SOAPConnection {
/**
* Sends the given message to the specified endpoint and blocks until
* it has returned the response.
*
* @param request the SOAPMessage object to be sent
* @param to an Object that identifies
* where the message should be sent. It is required to
* support Objects of type
* java.lang.String,
* java.net.URL, and when JAXM is present
* javax.xml.messaging.URLEndpoint
*
* @return the SOAPMessage object that is the response to the
* message that was sent
* @throws SOAPException if there is a SOAP error
*/
public abstract SOAPMessage call(SOAPMessage request,
Object to) throws SOAPException;
/**
* Gets a message from a specific endpoint and blocks until it receives,
*
* @param to an Object that identifies where
* the request should be sent. Objects of type
* java.lang.String and
* java.net.URL must be supported.
*
* @return the SOAPMessage object that is the response to the
* get message request
* @throws SOAPException if there is a SOAP error
* @since SAAJ 1.3
*/
public SOAPMessage get(Object to)
throws SOAPException {
throw new UnsupportedOperationException("All subclasses of SOAPConnection must override get()");
}
/**
* Closes this SOAPConnection object.
*
* @throws SOAPException if there is a SOAP error
*/
public abstract void close()
throws SOAPException;
}