modules/jaxws/src/org/apache/axis2/jaxws/message/factory/XMLPartFactory.java

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package org.apache.axis2.jaxws.message.factory;

import javax.xml.soap.SOAPEnvelope;
import javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamException;
import javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamReader;

import org.apache.axiom.om.OMElement;
import org.apache.axis2.jaxws.message.MessageException;
import org.apache.axis2.jaxws.message.Protocol;
import org.apache.axis2.jaxws.message.XMLPart;

/**
 * XMLPartFactory
 * 
 * Creates an XMLPart object.  The two common patterns are:
 *   - Create an empty message for a specific protocol
 *   - Create a xmlPart sourced from OM (XMLStreamReader)
 *   
 * The FactoryRegistry should be used to get access to the Factory
 * @see org.apache.axis2.jaxws.registry.FactoryRegistry
 */
public interface XMLPartFactory {
	/**
	 * create XMLPart from XMLStreamReader
	 * @param reader XMLStreamReader
	 * @throws MessageStreamException
	 */
	public XMLPart createFrom(XMLStreamReader reader) throws XMLStreamException, MessageException;
	
	/**
	 * create XMLPart from OMElement
	 * @param omElement OMElement
	 * @throws MessageException
	 */
	public XMLPart createFrom(OMElement omElement) throws XMLStreamException, MessageException;
	
	/**
	 * create XMLPart from SOAPEnvelope
	 * @param soapEnvelope SOAPEnvelope
	 * @throws MessageException
	 */
	public XMLPart createFrom(SOAPEnvelope soapEnvelope) throws XMLStreamException, MessageException;

	/**
	 * create empty XMLPart of the specified protocol
	 * @param protocol
	 * @throws MessageException
	 */
	public XMLPart create(Protocol protocol) throws XMLStreamException, MessageException;
	
}