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 * Maps from a handler name to a handler object. 22 * 23 * @author <a HREF="mailto:andrew@kungfoocoder.org">Andrew Evers</a> 24 * @since 1.2 25 */ 26 public interface XmlRpcHandlerMapping 27 { 28 /** 29 * Return the handler for the specified handler name. 30 * 31 * @param handlerName The name of the handler to retrieve. 32 * @return Object The desired handler. 33 * @throws Exception If a handler can not be found. 34 */ 35 public Object getHandler(String handlerName) 36 throws Exception; 37 } 38