1 /* 2 * MessageQueueClient: The message queue client library 3 * Copyright (C) 2006 Rift IT Contracting 4 * 5 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or 6 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public 7 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either 8 * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. 9 * 10 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, 11 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of 12 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU 13 * Lesser General Public License for more details. 14 * 15 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public 16 * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software 17 * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA 18 * 19 * MessageHandler.java 20 */ 21 22 package com.rift.coad.daemon.messageservice; 23 24 // java imports 25 import java.rmi.Remote; 26 import java.rmi.RemoteException; 27 28 /** 29 * The message handler interface is called by the message service to process a 30 * message. 31 * 32 * @author Brett Chaldecott 33 */ 34 public interface MessageHandler extends Remote { 35 /** 36 * This method is called to process a message. 37 * 38 * @return The processed message. Cannot use IN/OUT as RMI does not support 39 * it. 40 * @param msg The message to perform the processing on. 41 * @exception RemoteException 42 * @exception MessageServiceException 43 */ 44 public Message processMessage(Message msg) throws RemoteException, 45 MessageServiceException; 46 } 47