1 /*
2 * Copyright 2006 the original author or authors.
3 *
4 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
5 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
6 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
7 *
8 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
9 *
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
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15 */
16
17 package org.springframework.ws.transport;
18
19 import java.io.IOException;
20 import java.net.URI;
21
22 import org.springframework.ws.WebServiceMessage;
23
24 /**
25 * Defines the methods for classes capable of sending and receiving {@link WebServiceMessage} instances across a
26 * transport.
27 * <p/>
28 * The <code>WebServiceMessageSender</code> is basically a factory for {@link WebServiceConnection} objects.
29 *
30 * @author Arjen Poutsma
31 * @see WebServiceConnection
32 * @since 1.0.0
33 */
34 public interface WebServiceMessageSender {
35
36 /**
37 * Create a new {@link WebServiceConnection} to the specified URI.
38 *
39 * @param uri the URI to open a connection to
40 * @return the new connection
41 * @throws IOException in case of I/O errors
42 */
43 WebServiceConnection createConnection(URI uri) 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(URI uri);
52
53 }