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| |
| package com.sun.xml.internal.ws.api.server; |
| |
| import com.sun.xml.internal.ws.api.message.Packet; |
| import com.sun.xml.internal.ws.api.server.WSEndpoint.PipeHead; |
| |
| /** |
| * Represents a transport back-channel. |
| * |
| * <p> |
| * When the JAX-WS runtime finds out that the request |
| * {@link Packet} being processed is known not to produce |
| * a response, it invokes the {@link #close()} method |
| * to indicate that the transport does not need to keep |
| * the channel for the response message open. |
| * |
| * <p> |
| * This allows the transport to close down the communication |
| * channel sooner than wainting for |
| * {@link PipeHead#process} |
| * method to return, thereby improving the overall throughput |
| * of the system. |
| * |
| * @author Kohsuke Kawaguchi |
| * @author Jitu |
| */ |
| public interface TransportBackChannel { |
| /** |
| * See the class javadoc for the discussion. |
| * |
| * <p> |
| * JAX-WS is not guaranteed to call this method for all |
| * operations that do not have a response. This is merely |
| * a hint. |
| * |
| * <p> |
| * When the implementation of this method fails to close |
| * the connection successfuly, it should record the error, |
| * and return normally. Do not throw any exception. |
| */ |
| void close(); |
| } |