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package org.springframework.ws.server.endpoint;
import javax.xml.transform.Source;
/**
* Defines the basic contract for Web Services interested in just the message payload.
*
* <p>The main entrypoint is {@link #invoke(Source)}, which gets invoked with the contents of the requesting message.
*
* @author Arjen Poutsma
* @since 1.0.0
*/
public interface PayloadEndpoint {
/**
* Invokes the endpoint with the given request payload, and possibly returns a response.
*
* @param request the payload of the request message, may be {@code null}
* @return the payload of the response message, may be {@code null} to indicate no response
* @throws Exception if an exception occurs
*/
Source invoke(Source request) throws Exception;
}