org.apache.muse.ws.metadata
Interface MetadataExchange
- All Superinterfaces:
- Capability, Initialization, InitializationParameters, Shutdown
- All Known Implementing Classes:
- SimpleMetadataExchange, WsrfMetadataExchange
public interface MetadataExchange
- extends Capability
MetadataExchange is an interface that represents the WS-MetadataExchange
GetMetadata port type; it is based on WS-MEX 09/04. It does not include
the concept of metadata references, only the direct lookup of metadata
from the resource itself.
- Author:
- Dan Jemiolo (danj)
Method Summary |
Element[] |
getMetadata(String dialect)
Returns the XML fragments (sometimes a whole document) that describes
the desired metadata. |
Methods inherited from interface org.apache.muse.core.Capability |
getActions, getCapabilityURI, getEnvironment, getLog, getMessageHandler, getPersistence, getResource, initializeCompleted, prepareShutdown, setCapabilityURI, setEnvironment, setLog, setMessageHandlers, setPersistence, setResource |
getMetadata
Element[] getMetadata(String dialect)
- Returns the XML fragments (sometimes a whole document) that describes
the desired metadata.
- Parameters:
dialect
- The URI describing the type of metadata to search for. This
may be WSDL, RMD, WS-Policy, or others.
- Returns:
- The XML fragment(s) that describe the desired metadata. If the
resource has no such metadata, the array is empty.
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