org.apache.ode.bpel.iapi
Interface PartnerRoleChannel

All Known Subinterfaces:
ExternalService
All Known Implementing Classes:
HttpExternalService, PartnerRoleChannelImpl, SoapExternalService

public interface PartnerRoleChannel

Representation of a communication link to a partner or partners. Objects of this type generally represent a physical resource in the integration layer that is used to communicate with a partner or a set of partners.


Method Summary
 void close()
          Close the communication channel.
 EndpointReference getInitialEndpointReference()
          Return the endpoint reference to the endpoint with which the channel was initialized or null if the channel was initialized without an initial endpoint.
 

Method Detail

getInitialEndpointReference

EndpointReference getInitialEndpointReference()
Return the endpoint reference to the endpoint with which the channel was initialized or null if the channel was initialized without an initial endpoint.

Returns:
endpoint reference or null

close

void close()
Close the communication channel.