1 /* 2 * ======================================================================== 3 * 4 * Copyright 2001-2004 The Apache Software Foundation. 5 * 6 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 7 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 8 * You may obtain a copy of the License at 9 * 10 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 11 * 12 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 13 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 14 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 15 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 16 * limitations under the License. 17 * 18 * ======================================================================== 19 */ 20 package org.apache.cactus.spi.client; 21 22 import org.apache.cactus.Request; 23 import org.apache.cactus.internal.client.ClientException; 24 25 /** 26 * Constructs response object that are passed as parameter to 27 * <code>endXXX()</code> and global <code>end()</code> methods. 28 * 29 * @version $Id: ResponseObjectFactory.java,v 1.1 2004/05/22 11:34:47 vmassol Exp $ 30 */ 31 public interface ResponseObjectFactory 32 { 33 /** 34 * Constructs response object that are passed as parameter to 35 * <code>endXXX()</code> and global end methods. 36 * 37 * @param theClassName the class name of the object to construct 38 * @param theRequest the request that was sent by Cactus to the server side 39 * @return the response object that will be passed to <code>endXXX()</code> 40 * and <code>end()</code> methods 41 * @throws ClientException if it fails to construct the response object 42 */ 43 Object getResponseObject(String theClassName, Request theRequest) 44 throws ClientException; 45 } 46