axiom/modules/axiom-api/src/main/java/org/apache/axiom/soap/SOAPHeader.java

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package org.apache.axiom.soap;

import org.apache.axiom.om.OMElement;
import org.apache.axiom.om.OMException;
import org.apache.axiom.om.OMNamespace;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Iterator;

/**
 * Interface SOAPHeader
 */
public interface SOAPHeader extends OMElement {
    /**
     * Creates a new <CODE>SOAPHeaderBlock</CODE> object initialized with the
     * specified name and adds it to this <CODE>SOAPHeader</CODE> object.
     *
     * @param localName
     * @param ns
     * @return the new <CODE>SOAPHeaderBlock</CODE> object that was inserted
     *         into this <CODE>SOAPHeader</CODE> object
     * @throws org.apache.axiom.om.OMException
     *             if a SOAP error occurs
     */
    public abstract SOAPHeaderBlock addHeaderBlock(String localName,
            OMNamespace ns) throws OMException;

    /**
     * Returns a list of all the <CODE>SOAPHeaderBlock</CODE> objects in this
     * <CODE>SOAPHeader</CODE> object that have the the specified role. An
     * role is a global attribute that indicates the intermediate parties to
     * whom the message should be sent. An role receives the message and then
     * sends it to the next role. The default role is the ultimate intended
     * recipient for the message, so if no role attribute is included in a
     * <CODE>SOAPHeader</CODE> object, the message is sent to its ultimate
     * destination.
     *
     * @param role
     *            a <CODE>String</CODE> giving the URI of the role for which
     *            to search
     * @return Returns an <CODE>Iterator</CODE> object over all the <CODE>
     *         SOAPHeaderBlock</CODE> objects that contain the specified role
     * @see #extractHeaderBlocks(java.lang.String)
     *      extractHeaderBlocks(java.lang.String)
     */
    public abstract Iterator examineHeaderBlocks(String role);

    /**
     * Returns a list of all the <CODE>SOAPHeaderBlock</CODE> objects in this
     * <CODE>SOAPHeader</CODE> object that have the the specified role and
     * detaches them from this <CODE>SOAPHeader</CODE> object.
     * <P>
     * This method allows an role to process only the parts of the <CODE>
     * SOAPHeader</CODE> object that apply to it and to remove them before
     * passing the message on to the next role.
     *
     * @param role
     *            a <CODE>String</CODE> giving the URI of the role for which
     *            to search
     * @return Returns an <CODE>Iterator</CODE> object over all the <CODE>
     *         SOAPHeaderBlock</CODE> objects that contain the specified role
     * @see #examineHeaderBlocks(java.lang.String)
     *      examineHeaderBlocks(java.lang.String)
     */
    public abstract Iterator extractHeaderBlocks(String role);

    /**
     * Returns an <code>Iterator</code> over all the
     * <code>SOAPHeaderBlock</code> objects in this <code>SOAPHeader</code>
     * object that have the specified role and that have a MustUnderstand
     * attribute whose value is equivalent to <code>true</code>.
     *
     * @param role
     *            a <code>String</code> giving the URI of the role for which
     *            to search
     * @return Returns an <code>Iterator</code> object over all the
     *         <code>SOAPHeaderBlock</code> objects that contain the specified
     *         role and are marked as MustUnderstand.
     */
    public abstract Iterator examineMustUnderstandHeaderBlocks(String role);

    /**
     * Returns an <code>Iterator</code> over all the
     * <code>SOAPHeaderBlock</code> objects in this <code>SOAPHeader</code>
     * object.
     *
     * @return an <code>Iterator</code> object over all the
     *         <code>SOAPHeaderBlock</code> objects contained by this
     *         <code>SOAPHeader</code>. If there are no header blocks then an
     *         empty iterator is returned.
     */
    public abstract Iterator examineAllHeaderBlocks();

    /**
     * Returns an <code>Iterator</code> over all the
     * <code>SOAPHeaderBlock</code> objects in this <code>SOAPHeader </code>
     * object and detaches them from this <code>SOAPHeader</code> object.
     *
     * @return Returns an <code>Iterator</code> object over all the
     *         <code>SOAPHeaderBlock</code> objects contained by this
     *         <code>SOAPHeader</code>
     */
    public abstract Iterator extractAllHeaderBlocks();

    /**
     * Return all the Headers that has the Namespace URI to given NS URI.
     *
     * @param nsURI
     * @return Returns ArrayList.
     */
    public ArrayList getHeaderBlocksWithNSURI(String nsURI);
}