1 package org.codehaus.xfire.handler; 2 3 import org.codehaus.xfire.MessageContext; 4 import org.codehaus.xfire.fault.XFireFault; 5 6 /*** 7 * By virtue of XFire being stream based, a service can not write its 8 * response until the very end of processing. So a service which needs 9 * to write response headers but do so first before writing the 10 * SOAP Body. The writeResponse method tells an Endpoint that it is 11 * now okay (i.e. there have been no Faults) to write the 12 * response to the OutputStream (if there is an response to the 13 * sender at all) or to another endpoint. 14 * <p> 15 * If a Service does not wishes to write its response immediately when 16 * reading the incoming stream, it may do so and not implement the 17 * <code>writeResponse</code> method. The service must then realize that 18 * the response Handler pipeline will not be able to outgoing stream. 19 * 20 * @author <a href="mailto:dan@envoisolutions.com">Dan Diephouse</a> 21 */ 22 public interface EndpointHandler 23 extends Handler 24 { 25 public void writeResponse(MessageContext context) throws XFireFault; 26 }