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javax.xml.soap
Class SOAPConnection

java.lang.Object
  javax.xml.soap.SOAPConnection

public abstract class SOAPConnection
extends Object

A point-to-point connection that a client can use for sending messages directly to a remote party (represented by a URL, for instance).

The SOAPConnection class is optional. Some implementations may not implement this interface in which case the call to SOAPConnectionFactory.newInstance() (see below) will throw an UnsupportedOperationException.

A client can obtain a SOAPConnection object using a SOAPConnectionFactory object as in the following example:

      SOAPConnectionFactory factory = SOAPConnectionFactory.newInstance();
      SOAPConnection con = factory.createConnection();

A SOAPConnection object can be used to send messages directly to a URL following the request/response paradigm. That is, messages are sent using the method call, which sends the message and then waits until it gets a reply.

Constructor Summary

SOAPConnection()


Method Summary

abstract SOAPMessage call(SOAPMessage request, Object to)
          Sends the given message to the specified endpoint and blocks until it has returned the response.

abstract void close()
          Closes this SOAPConnection object.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

SOAPConnection

public SOAPConnection()

Method Detail

call

public abstract SOAPMessage call(SOAPMessage request,
                                 Object to)
                          throws SOAPException

Sends the given message to the specified endpoint and blocks until it has returned the response.

Parameters:: request - the SOAPMessage object to be sent; to - an Object that identifies where the message should be sent. It is required to support Objects of type java.lang.String, java.net.URL, and when JAXM is present javax.xml.messaging.URLEndpoint
Returns:: the SOAPMessage object that is the response to the message that was sent
Throws:: SOAPException - if there is a SOAP error

close

public abstract void close()
                    throws SOAPException

Closes this SOAPConnection object.

Throws:: SOAPException - if there is a SOAP error