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package net.javacrumbs.smock.common;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
/**
* The <code>WebServiceMessageFactory</code> serves as a factory for {@link org.springframework.ws.WebServiceMessage
* WebServiceMessages}.
* <p/>
* <p>Allows the creation of empty messages, or messages based on <code>InputStream</code>s.
*
* Copy of from Spring WS WebServiceMessageFactory. We do not want to be dependent on Spring WS here, in common library.
*
* @author Arjen Poutsma
* @see org.springframework.ws.WebServiceMessage
* @since 1.0.0
*/
public interface MessageFactory {
/**
* Creates a new, empty <code>WebServiceMessage</code>.
*
* @return the empty message
*/
Message createWebServiceMessage();
/**
* Reads a {@link WebServiceMessage} from the given input stream.
* <p/>
* If the given stream is an instance of {@link org.springframework.ws.transport.TransportInputStream
* TransportInputStream}, the headers will be read from the request.
*
* @param inputStream the inputstream to read the message from
* @return the created message
* @throws java.io.IOException if an I/O exception occurs
*/
Message createWebServiceMessage(InputStream inputStream) throws IOException;
}