TubelineAssembler.java

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package com.sun.xml.ws.api.pipe;

import com.sun.istack.NotNull;

/**
 * Creates a tubeline.
 *
 * <p>
 * This pluggability layer enables the upper layer to
 * control exactly how the tubeline is composed.
 *
 * <p>
 * JAX-WS is going to have its own default implementation
 * when used all by itself, but it can be substituted by
 * other implementations.
 *
 * <p>
 * See {@link TubelineAssemblerFactory} for how {@link TubelineAssembler}s
 * are located.
 *
 *
 * @see com.sun.xml.ws.api.pipe.ClientTubeAssemblerContext
 *
 * @author Kohsuke Kawaguchi
 * @author Jitendra Kotamraju
 */
public interface TubelineAssembler {
    /**
     * Creates a new tubeline for clients.
     *
     * <p>
     * When a JAX-WS client creates a proxy or a {@link javax.xml.ws.Dispatch} from
     * a {@link javax.xml.ws.Service}, JAX-WS runtime internally uses this method
     * to create a new tubeline as a part of the initilization.
     *
     * @param context
     *      Object that captures various contextual information
     *      that can be used to determine the tubeline to be assembled.
     *
     * @return
     *      non-null freshly created tubeline.
     *
     * @throws javax.xml.ws.WebServiceException
     *      if there's any configuration error that prevents the
     *      tubeline from being constructed. This exception will be
     *      propagated into the application, so it must have
     *      a descriptive error.
     */
    @NotNull Tube createClient(@NotNull ClientTubeAssemblerContext context);

    /**
     * Creates a new tubeline for servers.
     *
     * <p>
     * When a JAX-WS server deploys a new endpoint, it internally
     * uses this method to create a new tubeline as a part of the
     * initialization.
     *
     * <p>
     * Note that this method is called only once to set up a
     * 'master tubeline', and it gets {@link Tube#copy(TubeCloner) copied}
     * from it.
     *
     * @param context
     *      Object that captures various contextual information
     *      that can be used to determine the tubeline to be assembled.
     *
     * @return
     *      non-null freshly created tubeline.
     *
     * @throws javax.xml.ws.WebServiceException
     *      if there's any configuration error that prevents the
     *      tubeline from being constructed. This exception will be
     *      propagated into the container, so it must have
     *      a descriptive error.
     *
     */
    @NotNull Tube createServer(@NotNull ServerTubeAssemblerContext context);
}