/*
* Copyright 2004 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
* SUN PROPRIETARY/CONFIDENTIAL. Use is subject to license terms.
*/
package javax.xml.ws;
/** The <code>Binding</code> interface is the base interface
* for JAX-WS protocol bindings.
*
* @since JAX-WS 2.0
**/
public interface Binding {
/** Gets a copy of the handler chain for a protocol binding instance.
* If the returned chain is modified a call to <code>setHandlerChain</code>
* is required to configure the binding instance with the new chain.
*
* @return java.util.List<javax.xml.ws.handler.HandlerInfo> Handler chain
**/
public java.util.List<javax.xml.ws.handler.Handler> getHandlerChain();
/** Sets the handler chain for the protocol binding instance.
*
* @param chain A List of handler configuration entries
* @throws WebServiceException On an error in the configuration of
* the handler chain
* @throws java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException If this
* operation is not supported. This may be done to
* avoid any overriding of a pre-configured handler
* chain.
**/
public void setHandlerChain(java.util.List<javax.xml.ws.handler.Handler> chain);
}