RequestProcessor.java

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package net.javacrumbs.springws.test;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.URI;

import org.springframework.ws.WebServiceMessage;
import org.springframework.ws.WebServiceMessageFactory;

/**
 * Processes the request. It can either validate the request or generate a response based on the request.
 * @author Lukas Krecan
 *
 */
public interface RequestProcessor {
	/**
	 * Processes the request. It can either validate the request or generate a response based on the request. Can return <code>null</code> if it does not apply to given request or throw an 
	 * exception if appropriate. 
	 * @param uri
	 * @param messageFactory
	 * @param request
	 * @return
	 * @throws IOException
	 */
	public WebServiceMessage processRequest(URI uri, WebServiceMessageFactory messageFactory, WebServiceMessage request) throws IOException;
}