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| |
| package org.apache.xmlbeans.impl.soap; |
| |
| import java.util.Iterator; |
| |
| /** |
| * <P>A representation of the SOAP header element. A SOAP header |
| * element consists of XML data that affects the way the |
| * application-specific content is processed by the message |
| * provider. For example, transaction semantics, authentication |
| * information, and so on, can be specified as the content of a |
| * {@code SOAPHeader} object.</P> |
| * |
| * <P>A {@code SOAPEnvelope} object contains an empty {@code |
| * SOAPHeader} object by default. If the {@code |
| * SOAPHeader} object, which is optional, is not needed, it |
| * can be retrieved and deleted with the following line of code. |
| * The variable <I>se</I> is a {@code SOAPEnvelope} |
| * object.</P> |
| * <PRE> |
| * se.getHeader().detachNode(); |
| * </PRE> |
| * A {@code SOAPHeader} object is created with the {@code |
| * SOAPEnvelope} method {@code addHeader}. This method, |
| * which creates a new header and adds it to the envelope, may be |
| * called only after the existing header has been removed. |
| * <PRE> |
| * se.getHeader().detachNode(); |
| * SOAPHeader sh = se.addHeader(); |
| * </PRE> |
| * |
| * <P>A {@code SOAPHeader} object can have only {@code |
| * SOAPHeaderElement} objects as its immediate children. The |
| * method {@code addHeaderElement} creates a new {@code |
| * HeaderElement} object and adds it to the {@code |
| * SOAPHeader} object. In the following line of code, the |
| * argument to the method {@code addHeaderElement} is a |
| * {@code Name} object that is the name for the new {@code |
| * HeaderElement} object.</P> |
| * <PRE> |
| * SOAPHeaderElement shElement = sh.addHeaderElement(name); |
| * </PRE> |
| * @see SOAPHeaderElement SOAPHeaderElement |
| */ |
| public interface SOAPHeader extends SOAPElement { |
| |
| /** |
| * Creates a new {@code SOAPHeaderElement} object |
| * initialized with the specified name and adds it to this |
| * {@code SOAPHeader} object. |
| * @param name a {@code Name} object with |
| * the name of the new {@code SOAPHeaderElement} |
| * object |
| * @return the new {@code SOAPHeaderElement} object that |
| * was inserted into this {@code SOAPHeader} |
| * object |
| * @throws SOAPException if a SOAP error occurs |
| */ |
| SOAPHeaderElement addHeaderElement(Name name) |
| throws SOAPException; |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns a list of all the {@code SOAPHeaderElement} |
| * objects in this {@code SOAPHeader} object that have the |
| * the specified actor. An actor is a global attribute that |
| * indicates the intermediate parties to whom the message should |
| * be sent. An actor receives the message and then sends it to |
| * the next actor. The default actor is the ultimate intended |
| * recipient for the message, so if no actor attribute is |
| * included in a {@code SOAPHeader} object, the message is |
| * sent to its ultimate destination. |
| * @param actor a {@code String} giving the |
| * URI of the actor for which to search |
| * @return an {@code Iterator} object over all the {@code |
| * SOAPHeaderElement} objects that contain the |
| * specified actor |
| * @see #extractHeaderElements(java.lang.String) extractHeaderElements(java.lang.String) |
| */ |
| Iterator examineHeaderElements(String actor); |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns a list of all the {@code SOAPHeaderElement} |
| * objects in this {@code SOAPHeader} object that have |
| * the the specified actor and detaches them from this {@code |
| * SOAPHeader} object. |
| * |
| * <P>This method allows an actor to process only the parts of |
| * the {@code SOAPHeader} object that apply to it and to |
| * remove them before passing the message on to the next |
| * actor. |
| * @param actor a {@code String} giving the |
| * URI of the actor for which to search |
| * @return an {@code Iterator} object over all the {@code |
| * SOAPHeaderElement} objects that contain the |
| * specified actor |
| * @see #examineHeaderElements(java.lang.String) examineHeaderElements(java.lang.String) |
| */ |
| Iterator extractHeaderElements(String actor); |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns an {@code Iterator} over all the |
| * {@code SOAPHeaderElement} objects in this {@code SOAPHeader} |
| * object that have the specified actor and that have a MustUnderstand |
| * attribute whose value is equivalent to {@code true}. |
| * |
| * @param actor a {@code String} giving the URI of the actor for which |
| * to search |
| * @return an {@code Iterator} object over all the |
| * {@code SOAPHeaderElement} objects that contain the |
| * specified actor and are marked as MustUnderstand |
| */ |
| Iterator examineMustUnderstandHeaderElements(String actor); |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns an {@code Iterator} over all the |
| * {@code SOAPHeaderElement} objects in this {@code SOAPHeader} |
| * object. |
| * |
| * @return an {@code Iterator} object over all the |
| * {@code SOAPHeaderElement} objects contained by this |
| * {@code SOAPHeader} |
| */ |
| Iterator examineAllHeaderElements(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns an {@code Iterator} over all the |
| * {@code SOAPHeaderElement} objects in this {@code SOAPHeader } |
| * object and detaches them from this {@code SOAPHeader} object. |
| * |
| * @return an {@code Iterator} object over all the |
| * {@code SOAPHeaderElement} objects contained by this |
| * {@code SOAPHeader} |
| */ |
| Iterator extractAllHeaderElements(); |
| } |