Axis 2 example source code file (SOAPHeaderElement.java)

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The Axis 2 SOAPHeaderElement.java source code

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package javax.xml.soap;

/**
 * <P>An object representing the contents in the SOAP header part of the SOAP envelope. The
 * immediate children of a <CODE> SOAPHeader object can be represented only as 
 * SOAPHeaderElement</CODE> objects.

 * <p/>
 * <P>A SOAPHeaderElement object can have other SOAPElement objects as its
 * children.</P>
 */
public interface SOAPHeaderElement extends SOAPElement {

    /**
     * Sets the actor associated with this <CODE> SOAPHeaderElement object to the specified
     * actor. The default value of an actor is: <CODE> SOAPConstants.URI_SOAP_ACTOR_NEXT
     *
     * @param actorURI a <CODE>String giving the URI of the actor to set
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException
     *          if there is a problem in setting the actor.
     * @see #getActor() getActor()
     */
    public abstract void setActor(String actorURI);

    /**
     * Returns the uri of the actor associated with this <CODE> SOAPHeaderElement object.
     *
     * @return a <CODE>String giving the URI of the actor
     * @see #setActor(String) setActor(java.lang.String)
     */
    public abstract String getActor();

    /**
     * Sets the mustUnderstand attribute for this <CODE> SOAPHeaderElement object to be on or
     * off.
     * <p/>
     * <P>If the mustUnderstand attribute is on, the actor who receives the
     * <CODE>SOAPHeaderElement must process it correctly. This ensures, for example, that if
     * the <CODE> SOAPHeaderElement object modifies the message, that the message is being
     * modified correctly.</P>
     *
     * @param mustUnderstand <CODE>true to set the mustUnderstand attribute on;
     *                       <CODE>false to turn if off
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException
     *          if there is a problem in setting the actor.
     * @see #getMustUnderstand() getMustUnderstand()
     */
    public abstract void setMustUnderstand(boolean mustUnderstand);

    /**
     * Returns whether the mustUnderstand attribute for this <CODE>SOAPHeaderElement object
     * is turned on.
     *
     * @return <CODE>true if the mustUnderstand attribute of this
     *         <CODE>SOAPHeaderElement object is turned on; false otherwise
     */
    public abstract boolean getMustUnderstand();

    public abstract void setRole(String s)
            throws SOAPException;

    public abstract String getRole();

    public abstract void setRelay(boolean flag)
            throws SOAPException;

    public abstract boolean getRelay();
}