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* Copyright 2006 Google Inc.
*
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package com.google.gwt.user.client.rpc;
/**
* An interface implemented by client-side RPC proxy objects. Cast the object
* returned from {@link com.google.gwt.core.client.GWT#create(Class)} on a
* {@link RemoteService} to this interface to initialize the target URL for the
* remote service.
*/
public interface ServiceDefTarget {
/**
* This exception is thrown when a service is invoked without
* {@link ServiceDefTarget#setServiceEntryPoint(String)} having been called.
*/
public static class NoServiceEntryPointSpecifiedException extends
InvocationException {
public NoServiceEntryPointSpecifiedException() {
super("Service implementation URL not specified");
}
}
/**
* Return the strong name of the serialization policy to be used with this RPC
* instance.
*/
String getSerializationPolicyName();
/**
* Gets the URL of a service implementation.
*
* @return the last value passed to {@link #setServiceEntryPoint(String)}
*/
String getServiceEntryPoint();
/**
* Sets the RpcRequestBuilder that should be used by the service
* implementation. This method can be called if customized request behavior is
* desired. Calling this method with a null value will reset any custom
* behavior to the default implementation.
*/
void setRpcRequestBuilder(RpcRequestBuilder builder);
/**
* Sets the URL of a service implementation.
*
* @param address a URL that designates the service implementation to call
*/
void setServiceEntryPoint(String address);
}