01: /*
02: * Copyright 2006 the original author or authors.
03: *
04: * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
05: * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
06: * You may obtain a copy of the License at
07: *
08: * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
09: *
10: * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
11: * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
12: * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
13: * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
14: * limitations under the License.
15: */
16:
17: package org.springframework.ws.transport;
18:
19: import java.io.IOException;
20:
21: import org.springframework.ws.WebServiceMessage;
22:
23: /**
24: * Defines the methods for classes capable of sending and receiving {@link WebServiceMessage} instances across a
25: * transport.
26: * <p/>
27: * <p>The <code>WebServiceMessageSender</code> is basically a factory for {@link WebServiceConnection} objects.
28: *
29: * @author Arjen Poutsma
30: * @see WebServiceConnection
31: * @since 1.0.0
32: */
33: public interface WebServiceMessageSender {
34:
35: /**
36: * Create a new {@link WebServiceConnection} to the specified URI.
37: *
38: * @param uri the URI to open a connection to
39: * @return the new connection
40: * @throws IOException in case of I/O errors
41: */
42: WebServiceConnection createConnection(String uri)
43: throws IOException;
44:
45: /**
46: * Does this {@link WebServiceMessageSender} support the supplied URI?
47: *
48: * @param uri the URI to be checked
49: * @return <code>true</code> if this <code>WebServiceMessageSender</code> supports the supplied URI
50: */
51: boolean supports(String uri);
52:
53: }
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