Package org.kuali.rice.ksb.api.bus

Interface Endpoint

All Known Implementing Classes:

BasicEndpoint

public interface Endpoint

An Endpoint contains a reference to the ServiceConfiguration for a service as well as a proxy to the service endpoint that can be invoked.

This service can be cast to the appropriate service interface in order to invoke the desired operations.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Object	getService()	Returns a reference to the service that can be invoked through this endpoint.
ServiceConfiguration	getServiceConfiguration()	Returns the service configuration information for this endpoint.

Method Details

getServiceConfiguration

ServiceConfiguration getServiceConfiguration()

Returns the service configuration information for this endpoint.

Returns:

the service configuration for this endpoint, should never return null

getService

Object getService()

Returns a reference to the service that can be invoked through this endpoint. This could potentially be a proxy to the service (in the case that the endpoint is pointing to a remote service) so calling code should cast this object to the appropriate service interface before using.

It is the client's responsibility to ensure that they are casting the service to the correct interface(s) based on their knowledge of what interface the service should implement.

Returns:

a reference to the service object which can be used to invoke operations against the endpoint, should never return null