01: /*
02: * MessageQueueClient: The message queue client library
03: * Copyright (C) 2006 Rift IT Contracting
04: *
05: * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
06: * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
07: * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
08: * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
09: *
10: * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
11: * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
12: * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
13: * Lesser General Public License for more details.
14: *
15: * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
16: * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
17: * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
18: *
19: * MessageHandler.java
20: */
21:
22: package com.rift.coad.daemon.messageservice;
23:
24: // java imports
25: import java.rmi.Remote;
26: import java.rmi.RemoteException;
27:
28: /**
29: * The message handler interface is called by the message service to process a
30: * message.
31: *
32: * @author Brett Chaldecott
33: */
34: public interface MessageHandler extends Remote {
35: /**
36: * This method is called to process a message.
37: *
38: * @return The processed message. Cannot use IN/OUT as RMI does not support
39: * it.
40: * @param msg The message to perform the processing on.
41: * @exception RemoteException
42: * @exception MessageServiceException
43: */
44: public Message processMessage(Message msg) throws RemoteException,
45: MessageServiceException;
46: }
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