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/*
* Copyright 2007 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
* SUN PROPRIETARY/CONFIDENTIAL. Use is subject to license terms.
*/
package javax.xml.ws;
/**
* Service endpoints may implement the Provider
* interface as a dynamic alternative to an SEI.
*
*
Implementations are required to support Provider<Source>,
* Provider<SOAPMessage> and
* Provider<DataSource>, depending on the binding
* in use and the service mode.
*
*
The ServiceMode annotation can be used to control whether
* the Provider instance will receive entire protocol messages
* or just message payloads.
*
* @since JAX-WS 2.0
*
* @see javax.xml.transform.Source
* @see javax.xml.soap.SOAPMessage
* @see javax.xml.ws.ServiceMode
**/
public interface Provider {
/** Invokes an operation occording to the contents of the request
* message.
*
* @param request The request message or message payload.
* @return The response message or message payload. May be null if
there is no response.
* @throws WebServiceException If there is an error processing request.
* The cause of the WebServiceException may be set to a subclass
* of ProtocolException to control the protocol level
* representation of the exception.
* @see javax.xml.ws.handler.MessageContext
* @see javax.xml.ws.ProtocolException
**/
public T invoke(T request);
}