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package org.kuali.rice.ken.service.ws;

import java.rmi.Remote;
import java.rmi.RemoteException;

/**
 * Web service interface to NotificationService - allows remote sending of notifications from other systems via Web Service interaction.
 * @author Kuali Rice Team (rice.collab@kuali.org)
 */
public interface NotificationWebService extends Remote {
    /**
     * This method allows consumers to send notification messages.  This particular service 
     * accepts the XML format of the notification and then marshals it out into the actual 
     * business object construct, for further processing.  The response is also sent back as 
     * a String of XML.
     * @param notificationMessageAsXml
     * @return String
     */
    public String sendNotification(String notificationMessageAsXml) throws RemoteException;
}
