17  * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
  18  * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
  19  * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
  20  *
  21  * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
  22  * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
  23  * questions.
  24  */
  25 
  26 package javax.activation;
  27 
  28 import java.io.IOException;
  29 
  30 /**
  31  * JavaBeans components that are Activation Framework aware implement
  32  * this interface to find out which command verb they're being asked
  33  * to perform, and to obtain the DataHandler representing the
  34  * data they should operate on.  JavaBeans that don't implement
  35  * this interface may be used as well.  Such commands may obtain
  36  * the data using the Externalizable interface, or using an
  37  * application-specific method.<p>
  38  *
  39  * @since 1.6
  40  */
  41 public interface CommandObject {
  42 
  43     /**
  44      * Initialize the Command with the verb it is requested to handle
  45      * and the DataHandler that describes the data it will
  46      * operate on. <b>NOTE:</b> it is acceptable for the caller
  47      * to pass <i>null</i> as the value for <code>DataHandler</code>.
  48      *
  49      * @param verb The Command Verb this object refers to.
  50      * @param dh The DataHandler.
  51      */
  52     public void setCommandContext(String verb, DataHandler dh)
  53                                                 throws IOException;
  54 }

  17  * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
  18  * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
  19  * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
  20  *
  21  * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
  22  * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
  23  * questions.
  24  */
  25 
  26 package javax.activation;
  27 
  28 import java.io.IOException;
  29 
  30 /**
  31  * JavaBeans components that are Activation Framework aware implement
  32  * this interface to find out which command verb they're being asked
  33  * to perform, and to obtain the DataHandler representing the
  34  * data they should operate on.  JavaBeans that don't implement
  35  * this interface may be used as well.  Such commands may obtain
  36  * the data using the Externalizable interface, or using an
  37  * application-specific method.
  38  *
  39  * @since 1.6
  40  */
  41 public interface CommandObject {
  42 
  43     /**
  44      * Initialize the Command with the verb it is requested to handle
  45      * and the DataHandler that describes the data it will
  46      * operate on. <b>NOTE:</b> it is acceptable for the caller
  47      * to pass <i>null</i> as the value for {@code DataHandler}.
  48      *
  49      * @param verb The Command Verb this object refers to.
  50      * @param dh The DataHandler.
  51      */
  52     public void setCommandContext(String verb, DataHandler dh)
  53                                                 throws IOException;
  54 }