01: /*
02: * Copyright 2006-2007 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;
18:
19: import java.io.IOException;
20: import java.io.InputStream;
21:
22: /**
23: * The <code>WebServiceMessageFactory</code> serves as a factory for {@link org.springframework.ws.WebServiceMessage
24: * WebServiceMessages}.
25: * <p/>
26: * <p>Allows the creation of empty messages, or messages based on <code>InputStream</code>s.
27: *
28: * @author Arjen Poutsma
29: * @see org.springframework.ws.WebServiceMessage
30: * @since 1.0.0
31: */
32: public interface WebServiceMessageFactory {
33:
34: /**
35: * Creates a new, empty <code>WebServiceMessage</code>.
36: *
37: * @return the empty message
38: */
39: WebServiceMessage createWebServiceMessage();
40:
41: /**
42: * Reads a {@link WebServiceMessage} from the given input stream.
43: * <p/>
44: * If the given stream is an instance of {@link org.springframework.ws.transport.TransportInputStream
45: * TransportInputStream}, the headers will be read from the request.
46: *
47: * @param inputStream the inputstream to read the message from
48: * @return the created message
49: * @throws java.io.IOException if an I/O exception occurs
50: */
51: WebServiceMessage createWebServiceMessage(InputStream inputStream)
52: throws IOException;
53:
54: }
|