1 /* 2 * Copyright 2005 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 14 * limitations under the License. 15 */ 16 17 package org.springframework.ws.server.endpoint; 18 19 import org.springframework.ws.context.MessageContext; 20 21 /** 22 * Defines the basic contract for Web Services interested in the entire message payload. 23 * <p/> 24 * <p>The main entrypoint is {@link #invoke(MessageContext)}, which gets invoked with the message context. This context 25 * contains the {@link MessageContext#getRequest() request}, and can be used to create a response. 26 * 27 * @author Arjen Poutsma 28 * @see org.springframework.ws.server.endpoint.PayloadEndpoint 29 * @since 1.0.0 30 */ 31 public interface MessageEndpoint { 32 33 /** 34 * Invokes an operation. 35 * <p/> 36 * <p>The given <code>messageContext</code> can be used to create a response. 37 * 38 * @param messageContext the message context 39 * @throws Exception if an exception occurs 40 */ 41 void invoke(MessageContext messageContext) throws Exception; 42 }