Axis 2 example source code file (SelfManagedDataManager.java)

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The Axis 2 SelfManagedDataManager.java source code

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package org.apache.axis2.context;

import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;

/**
 * An interface for use by a message handler to allow
 * it to save and restore any message-specific data.
 * <p/>
 * A handler can have message-specific data that
 * needs to be associated the message being processed.
 * The handler can keep this message-specific data
 * in the Messagecontext object by adding the
 * data to the user data table via the
 * MessageContext method.  When the MessageContext
 * object is saved (for example, to persistent storage),
 * and restored, this interface <B>SelfManagedDataManager
 * provides a way for the handler to save and restore
 * the handler's message-specific data.
 *
 * @see MessageContext
 */
public interface SelfManagedDataManager {

    /**
     * This method is invoked when the MessageContext object is being saved.
     * <p/>
     * Implementors are expected to iterate through the data objects they wish
     * to save and return it in a ByteArrayOutputStream.  This data will
     * later be passed to the implementor's deserializeSelfManagedData method when
     * the data object is to be restored.
     * <p/>
     * The data being saved may be the data stored by the implementor
     * in the MessageContext object's SelfManagedData list and may include
     * additional information such as the implementor's fields.
     * Note that data stored by the implementor in the MessageContext object's SelfManagedData
     * list is retrievable by calling the MessageContext.getSelfManagedData() method
     * for EACH key/value pair.
     *
     * @param mc the MessageContext that is being saved
     * @return The saved data in the output stream. Note that the
     *         format of the data in the output stream is defined
     *         by the implementor.
     * @throws IOException
     */
    public ByteArrayOutputStream serializeSelfManagedData(MessageContext mc) throws IOException;

    /**
     * This method is invoked when the MessageContext object is being restored.
     * <p/>
     * Implementors will receive the data they had previously saved in the
     * serializeSelfManagedData() method. Implementors are responsible for
     * reconstituting their message-specific data.
     *
     * @param data ByteArrayInputStream consisting of the data that this handler had previously saved
     * @param mc   the MessageContext object being restored
     * @throws IOException
     */
    public void deserializeSelfManagedData(ByteArrayInputStream data, MessageContext mc)
            throws IOException;


    /**
     * This method is invoked when the MessageContext object is being restored and
     * after the deserializeSelfManagedData() method.
     * <p/>
     * Implementors use this method to re-establish transient message-specific data,
     * particularly if the implementor did not save any user data in the
     * serializeSelfManagedData() method.
     *
     * @param mc the MessageContext object being restored
     */
    public void restoreTransientData(MessageContext mc);

}