1 /* 2 * Copyright 1999,2005 The Apache Software Foundation. 3 * 4 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 5 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 6 * You may obtain a copy of the License at 7 * 8 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 9 * 10 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 11 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 12 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 13 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 14 * limitations under the License. 15 */ 16 17 18 package org.apache.xmlrpc; 19 20 import java.util.Vector; 21 22 /** 23 * An XML-RPC handler that also handles HTTP authentication. 24 * 25 * @author <a HREF="mailto:hannes@apache.org">Hannes Wallnoefer</a> 26 * @see org.apache.xmlrpc.AuthenticationFailed 27 */ 28 public interface AuthenticatedXmlRpcHandler 29 { 30 /** 31 * Return the result, or throw an Exception if something went wrong. 32 * 33 * @param method The name of the XML-RPC method to invoke. 34 * @param params The parameters to the XML-RPC method. 35 * @param user The user name. 36 * @param password The password of <code>user</code>. 37 * @return The response. 38 * 39 * @throws AuthenticationFailed If authentication fails, an 40 * exception of this type must be thrown. 41 * @see org.apache.xmlrpc.AuthenticationFailed 42 */ 43 public Object execute(String method, Vector params, String user, 44 String password) 45 throws Exception; 46 } 47