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  25 
  26 package javax.xml.ws;
  27 
  28 import java.util.concurrent.Future;
  29 
  30 
  31 /** The {@code Dispatch} interface provides support
  32  *  for the dynamic invocation of a service endpoint operations. The
  33  *  {@code javax.xml.ws.Service}
  34  *  class acts as a factory for the creation of {@code Dispatch}
  35  *  instances.
  36  *
  37  * @param <T> The type of the message or payload
  38  *  @since 1.6, JAX-WS 2.0
  39 **/
  40 public interface Dispatch<T> extends BindingProvider {
  41 
  42     /** Invoke a service operation synchronously.
  43      *
  44      * The client is responsible for ensuring that the {@code msg} object
  45      * when marshalled is formed according to the requirements of the protocol
  46      * binding in use.
  47      *
  48      * @param msg An object that will form the message or payload of
  49      *     the message used to invoke the operation.
  50      * @return The response message or message payload to the
  51      *     operation invocation.
  52      * @throws WebServiceException If a fault occurs during communication with
  53      *     the service
  54      * @throws WebServiceException If there is any error in the configuration of
  55      *     the {@code Dispatch} instance
  56     **/
  57     public T invoke(T msg);
  58 
  59     /** Invoke a service operation asynchronously.  The
  60      *  method returns without waiting for the response to the operation
  61      *  invocation, the results of the operation are obtained by polling the
  62      *  returned {@code Response}.
  63      * <p>
  64      * The client is responsible for ensuring that the {@code msg} object
  65      * when marshalled is formed according to the requirements of the protocol
  66      * binding in use.
  67      *
  68      * @param msg An object that will form the message or payload of
  69      *     the message used to invoke the operation.
  70      * @return The response message or message payload to the
  71      *     operation invocation.
  72      * @throws WebServiceException If there is any error in the configuration of
  73      *     the {@code Dispatch} instance
  74     **/
  75     public Response<T> invokeAsync(T msg);
  76 
  77     /** Invoke a service operation asynchronously. The
  78      *  method returns without waiting for the response to the operation
  79      *  invocation, the results of the operation are communicated to the client
  80      *  via the passed in {@code handler}.
  81      * <p>
  82      * The client is responsible for ensuring that the {@code msg} object
  83      * when marshalled is formed according to the requirements of the protocol
  84      * binding in use.
  85      *
  86      * @param msg An object that will form the message or payload of
  87      *     the message used to invoke the operation.
  88      * @param handler The handler object that will receive the
  89      *     response to the operation invocation.
  90      * @return A {@code Future} object that may be used to check the status
  91      *     of the operation invocation. This object MUST NOT be used to try to
  92      *     obtain the results of the operation - the object returned from
  93      *     {@code Future<?>.get()} is implementation dependent
  94      *     and any use of it will result in non-portable behaviour.
  95      * @throws WebServiceException If there is any error in the configuration of
  96      *     the {@code Dispatch} instance
  97     **/
  98     public Future<?> invokeAsync(T msg, AsyncHandler<T> handler);
  99 
 100     /** Invokes a service operation using the one-way
 101      *  interaction mode. The operation invocation is logically non-blocking,
 102      *  subject to the capabilities of the underlying protocol, no results
 103      *  are returned. When
 104      *  the protocol in use is SOAP/HTTP, this method MUST block until
 105      *  an HTTP response code has been received or an error occurs.
 106      * <p>
 107      * The client is responsible for ensuring that the {@code msg} object
 108      * when marshalled is formed according to the requirements of the protocol
 109      * binding in use.
 110      *
 111      * @param msg An object that will form the message or payload of
 112      *     the message used to invoke the operation.
 113      * @throws WebServiceException If there is any error in the configuration of
 114      *     the {@code Dispatch} instance or if an error occurs during the
 115      *     invocation.
 116     **/
 117     public void invokeOneWay(T msg);
 118 }