modules/kernel/src/org/apache/axis2/engine/InstanceDispatcher.java

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package org.apache.axis2.engine;

import org.apache.axis2.AxisFault;
import org.apache.axis2.context.MessageContext;
import org.apache.axis2.handlers.AbstractHandler;

/**
 * By the time the control comes to this handler, the dispatching must have happened
 * so that the message context contains the AxisServiceGroup, AxisService and
 * AxisOperation.
 * This will then try to find the Contexts of ServiceGroup, Service and the Operation.
 * @deprecated The functionality of this class has moved into the DispatchPhase postconditions
 */
public class InstanceDispatcher extends AbstractHandler {

    /**
     * This doesn't do anything, as the functionality is now in DispatchPhase.checkPostConditions()
     * The class remains for backwards compatibility of axis2.xml files, but it should go away after
     * 1.3.
     *
     * @param msgContext the <code>MessageContext</code> to process with this <code>Handler</code>.
     * @return An InvocationResponse that indicates what the next step in the message processing
     *         should be.
     * @throws org.apache.axis2.AxisFault if the handler encounters an error
     */
    public InvocationResponse invoke(MessageContext msgContext) throws AxisFault {
        return InvocationResponse.CONTINUE;
    }
}