Axis 2 example source code file (AttachmentDescription.java)

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The Axis 2 AttachmentDescription.java source code

/*
 * Copyright 2004,2005 The Apache Software Foundation.
 * Copyright 2006 International Business Machines Corp.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */
package org.apache.axis2.jaxws.description;

/**
 * A parameter or return value may be represented as an attachment.
 * In such cases, the ParameterDescription or OperationDescription has
 * an AttachmentDescription defining the attachment information.
 * 
 * Note that an Attachment may be one of 3 types: SWA, SWAREF and MTOM.
 *    SWAREF and MTOM attachments have an xml element (either in the body or header) 
 *    that references the attachment part.
 *    
 *    SWA attachments are represented as an attachment part.  There are is no
 *    xml element that references the attachment.
 *
 */
public interface AttachmentDescription {
    
    /**
     * @Return The attachment type 
     */
    AttachmentType getAttachmentType();
    
    /**
     * @return one or more mime types defined for this attachment
     */
    String[] getMimeTypes();
}