org.springframework.ws.server.endpoint.adapter.method
Interface MethodReturnValueHandler

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractJaxb2PayloadMethodProcessor, AbstractPayloadMethodProcessor, AbstractPayloadSourceMethodProcessor, Dom4jPayloadMethodProcessor, DomPayloadMethodProcessor, JaxbElementPayloadMethodProcessor, JDomPayloadMethodProcessor, MarshallingPayloadMethodProcessor, SourcePayloadMethodProcessor, XmlRootElementPayloadMethodProcessor, XomPayloadMethodProcessor

public interface MethodReturnValueHandler

Strategy interface used to handle method return values. This interface is used to allow the DefaultMethodEndpointAdapter to be indefinitely extensible.

Since:

2.0

Author:

Arjen Poutsma

Method Summary

void	handleReturnValue(MessageContext messageContext, MethodParameter returnType, Object returnValue) Handles the given return value.
boolean	supportsReturnType(MethodParameter returnType) Indicates whether the given method return type is supported by this handler.

Method Detail

supportsReturnType

boolean supportsReturnType(MethodParameter returnType)

Indicates whether the given method return type is supported by this handler.

Parameters:

returnType - the method return type to check

Returns:

true if this handler supports the supplied return type; false otherwise

handleReturnValue

void handleReturnValue(MessageContext messageContext,
                       MethodParameter returnType,
                       Object returnValue)
                       throws Exception

Handles the given return value.

Parameters:

messageContext - the current message context

returnType - the return type to handle. This type must have previously been passed to the supportsReturnType(MethodParameter) method of this interface, which must have returned true.

returnValue - the return value to handle

Throws:

Exception - in case of errors