XMLRPCInvoker.java

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package com.redhat.rhn.frontend.xmlrpc.util;

import java.util.List;

import redstone.xmlrpc.XmlRpcFault;

/**
 * Interface to implement to indicate a class can invoke XMLRPC calls.
 *
 * Useful if you want to dynamically determine the implementation class
 * that calls either a real or mock xmlrpc server.  Can make xmlrpc testing
 * easier.
 *
 * @version $Rev$
 */
public interface XMLRPCInvoker {

    /**
     * Invoke an XMLRPC method
     * @param procedureName to invoke
     * @param args to pass to method.
     * @return Object returned from xmlrpc
     * @throws XmlRpcFault if expected error occurs
     */
    Object invokeMethod(String procedureName, List args) throws XmlRpcFault;
}