1 /*
2 Copyright 2008 Ramon Servadei
3
4 Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
5 you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
6 You may obtain a copy of the License at
7
8 http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
9
10 Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
11 distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
12 WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
13 See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
14 limitations under the License.
15 */
16 package fulmine.rpc;
17
18 import fulmine.model.field.IField;
19
20 /**
21 * An object that can handle RPC invocations.
22 *
23 * @see IRpcManager#publishProdedure(IRpcHandler, IRpcDefinition)
24 * @author Ramon Servadei
25 */
26 public interface IRpcHandler
27 {
28 /**
29 * Handle an RPC invocation.
30 *
31 * @param rpcDefinition
32 * the definition of the RPC being invoked
33 * @param arguments
34 * the arguments for the RPC
35 * @return the result from the operation, this is distributed back to the
36 * remote caller
37 */
38 IRpcResult handle(IRpcDefinition rpcDefinition, IField... arguments);
39 }