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  25 
  26 package javax.xml.ws.spi;
  27 
  28 import javax.xml.ws.WebServiceContext;
  29 import javax.xml.ws.WebServiceFeature;
  30 import java.lang.reflect.Method;
  31 import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
  32 
  33 /**
  34  * Invoker hides the detail of calling into application endpoint
  35  * implementation. Container hands over an implementation of Invoker
  36  * to JAX-WS runtime, and jax-ws runtime calls {@link #invoke}
  37  * for a web service invocation. Finally, Invoker does the actual
  38  * invocation of web service on endpoint instance.
  39  *
  40  * Container also injects the provided <code>WebServiceContext</code> and takes
  41  * care of invoking <code>javax.annotation.PostConstruct</code> methods,
  42  * if present, on the endpoint implementation.
  43  *
  44  * @see Provider#createEndpoint(String, Class, Invoker, WebServiceFeature...)
  45  * @author Jitendra Kotamraju
  46  * @since 1.7, JAX-WS 2.2
  47  */
  48 
  49 public abstract class Invoker {
  50 
  51     /**
  52      * JAX-WS runtimes calls this method to ask container to inject
  53      * WebServiceContext on the endpoint instance. The
  54      * <code>WebServiceContext</code> object uses thread-local information
  55      * to return the correct information during the actual endpoint invocation
  56      * regardless of how many threads are concurrently being used to serve
  57      * requests.
  58      *
  59      * @param webServiceContext a holder for MessageContext
  60      * @throws IllegalAccessException if the injection done
  61      *         by reflection API throws this exception
  62      * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the injection done
  63      *         by reflection API throws this exception
  64      * @throws InvocationTargetException if the injection done
  65      *         by reflection API throws this exception
  66      */
  67     public abstract void inject(WebServiceContext webServiceContext)
  68     throws IllegalAccessException, IllegalArgumentException, InvocationTargetException;
  69 
  70     /**
  71      * JAX-WS runtime calls this method to do the actual web service
  72      * invocation on endpoint instance. The injected
  73      * <code>WebServiceContext.getMessageContext()</code> gives the correct
  74      * information for this invocation.
  75      *
  76      * @param m Method to be invoked on the service
  77      * @param args Method arguments
  78      * @return return value of the method
  79      * @throws IllegalAccessException if the invocation done
  80      *         by reflection API throws this exception
  81      * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the invocation done
  82      *         by reflection API throws this exception
  83      * @throws InvocationTargetException if the invocation done
  84      *         by reflection API throws this exception
  85 
  86      * @see Method#invoke
  87      */
  88     public abstract Object invoke(Method m, Object... args)
  89     throws  IllegalAccessException, IllegalArgumentException, InvocationTargetException;
  90 
  91 }