package org.openswing.swing.util.client;
import java.net.*;
import org.openswing.swing.message.receive.java.*;
import org.openswing.swing.message.send.java.*;
/**
* <p>Title: OpenSwing Framework</p>
* <p>Description: Base class used to comunicate with the the server-side layer, via HTTP.
* it provides a utility method to wrap an ObjectOutputStream to send serialized object and retrieve the response through an ObjectInputStream.</p>
* <p>Copyright: Copyright (C) 2006 Mauro Carniel</p>
*
* <p> This file is part of OpenSwing Framework.
* This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
* modify it under the terms of the (LGPL) Lesser General Public
* License as published by the Free Software Foundation;
*
* GNU LESSER GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
* Version 2.1, February 1999
*
* This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
* Library General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
* License along with this library; if not, write to the Free
* Software Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
*
* The author may be contacted at:
* maurocarniel@tin.it</p>
*
* @author Mauro Carniel
* @version 1.0
*/
public abstract class ObjectSender {
/**
* Send a serialized object through the provided connection
* @param connection URLConnection used to create an ObjectOutputStream to use to send the specified object and an ObjectInputStream to retrieve the response
* @param objectToSend serialized object to send
* @return response object
*/
public abstract Response sendRequest(URLConnection connection,Command objectToSend) throws Throwable;
}