javax.jbi.servicedesc
Interface ServiceEndpoint

public interface ServiceEndpoint

Reference to an endpoint, used to refer to an endpoint as well as query information about the endpoint. An endpoint is an addressable entity in the JBI system, used for accessing the provider of a specific service.

Author:

JSR208 Expert Group

Method Summary

org.w3c.dom.DocumentFragment	getAsReference(javax.xml.namespace.QName operationName) Get a reference to this endpoint, using an endpoint reference vocabulary that is known to the provider.
java.lang.String	getEndpointName() Returns the name of this endpoint.
javax.xml.namespace.QName[]	getInterfaces() Get the qualified names of all the interfaces implemented by this service endpoint.
javax.xml.namespace.QName	getServiceName() Returns the service name of this endpoint.

Method Detail

getAsReference

public org.w3c.dom.DocumentFragment getAsReference(javax.xml.namespace.QName operationName)

Get a reference to this endpoint, using an endpoint reference vocabulary that is known to the provider.

Parameters:

operationName - the name of the operation to be performed by a consumer of the generated endpoint reference. Set to null if this is not applicable.

Returns:

endpoint reference as an XML fragment; null if the provider does not support such references.

getEndpointName

public java.lang.String getEndpointName()

Returns the name of this endpoint.

Returns:

the endpoint name.

getInterfaces

public javax.xml.namespace.QName[] getInterfaces()

Get the qualified names of all the interfaces implemented by this service endpoint.

Returns:

array of all interfaces implemented by this service endpoint; must be non-null and non-empty.

getServiceName

public javax.xml.namespace.QName getServiceName()

Returns the service name of this endpoint.

Returns:

the qualified service name.