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 21 import java.util.Vector; 22 23 /** 24 * An XML-RPC handler that also handles user authentication. 25 * 26 * @author <a HREF="mailto:hannes@apache.org">Hannes Wallnoefer</a> 27 * @see org.apache.xmlrpc.AuthenticationFailed 28 * @version $Id: ContextXmlRpcHandler.java,v 1.2 2005/04/22 10:25:57 hgomez Exp $ 29 * @since 1.2 30 */ 31 public interface ContextXmlRpcHandler 32 { 33 /** 34 * Return the result, or throw an Exception if something went wrong. 35 * 36 * @throws AuthenticationFailed If authentication fails, an 37 * exception of this type must be thrown. 38 * @see org.apache.xmlrpc.AuthenticationFailed 39 */ 40 public Object execute(String method, Vector params, XmlRpcContext context) 41 throws Exception; 42 } 43