01: /*
02: * ========================================================================
03: *
04: * Copyright 2001-2004 The Apache Software Foundation.
05: *
06: * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
07: * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
08: * You may obtain a copy of the License at
09: *
10: * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
11: *
12: * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
13: * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
14: * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
15: * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
16: * limitations under the License.
17: *
18: * ========================================================================
19: */
20: package org.apache.cactus.spi.client;
21:
22: import org.apache.cactus.Request;
23: import org.apache.cactus.internal.client.ClientException;
24:
25: /**
26: * Constructs response object that are passed as parameter to
27: * <code>endXXX()</code> and global <code>end()</code> methods.
28: *
29: * @version $Id: ResponseObjectFactory.java 238991 2004-05-22 11:34:50Z vmassol $
30: */
31: public interface ResponseObjectFactory {
32: /**
33: * Constructs response object that are passed as parameter to
34: * <code>endXXX()</code> and global end methods.
35: *
36: * @param theClassName the class name of the object to construct
37: * @param theRequest the request that was sent by Cactus to the server side
38: * @return the response object that will be passed to <code>endXXX()</code>
39: * and <code>end()</code> methods
40: * @throws ClientException if it fails to construct the response object
41: */
42: Object getResponseObject(String theClassName, Request theRequest)
43: throws ClientException;
44: }
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