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| |
| package org.apache.axis2.dataretrieval; |
| |
| import org.apache.axis2.context.MessageContext; |
| |
| /** |
| * <p>AxisDataLocator interface defines getData API for retrieving data particularly |
| * metadata like WSDL, Policy, Schema. Web Service engines that have different methods in |
| * storing metadata or different types of data to retrieve may code their version of |
| * Data Locator(s)by implementing the AxisDataLocator interface. Axis 2 support |
| * Data Locator plugin by configuring in Axis2.xml or services.xml. </p> |
| */ |
| |
| public interface AxisDataLocator { |
| |
| |
| /** |
| * Retrieves and returns data based on the specified request. |
| * |
| * @param request The {@link DataRetrievalRequest} allow to specify parameters |
| * about the request, and additional information to process the |
| * request. |
| * @param msgContext The {@link MessageContext} from the original request. |
| * @return {@link Data}[] for the request. |
| * @throws DataRetrievalException |
| */ |
| |
| public Data[] getData(DataRetrievalRequest request, MessageContext msgContext) |
| throws DataRetrievalException; |
| |
| } |