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package org.apache.ode.bpel.iapi;

import javax.xml.namespace.QName;

import org.w3c.dom.Element;

import java.util.Map;

/**
 * Endpoint reference context: facililates the creation of
 * {@link EndpointReference} objects.
 */
public interface EndpointReferenceContext {

    /**
     * Resolve an end-point reference from its XML representation. The
     * nature of the representation is determined by the integration
     * layer. The BPEL engine uses this method to reconstruct
     * {@link EndpointReference}  objects that have been persisted in the
     * database via {@link EndpointReference#toXML(javax.xml.transform.Result)}
     * method.
     *
     * @param XML representation of the EPR
     * @return reconsistituted {@link EndpointReference}
     */
    EndpointReference resolveEndpointReference(Element epr);


    /**
     * Converts an endpoint reference from its XML representation to another
     * type of endpoint reference.
     *
     * @param targetType
     * @param sourceEndpoint
     * @return converted EndpointReference, being of targetType
     */
    EndpointReference convertEndpoint(QName targetType, Element sourceEndpoint);

    /**
     * 
     * @param epr
     * @return
     */
    Map getConfigLookup(EndpointReference epr);
}