001    /** 
002     * 
003     * Copyright 2004 Protique Ltd
004     * 
005     * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 
006     * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 
007     * You may obtain a copy of the License at 
008     * 
009     * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
010     * 
011     * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
012     * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 
013     * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 
014     * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 
015     * limitations under the License. 
016     * 
017     **/
018    package org.codehaus.activesoap.impl;
019    
020    import org.apache.xmlbeans.XmlException;
021    import org.codehaus.activesoap.Handler;
022    
023    import javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamReader;
024    import java.lang.reflect.Method;
025    
026    /**
027     * An adapter between ActiveSOAP and the XML marshalling layer for performing
028     * client side web service invocations.
029     *
030     * @version $Revision: 1.1 $
031     */
032    public interface ClientHandler {
033        /**
034         * Creates a handler capable of generating the body of the request
035         */
036        public Handler createMethodHandler(Method method, Object[] args);
037    
038        /**
039         * Creates a handler capable of generating the body of the request
040         */
041        public Handler createBodyHandler(Object object);
042    
043        /**
044         * Parses the body of the response into some object
045         */
046        public Object parseResponse(XMLStreamReader in) throws XmlException;
047    
048    }