net.sf.xbus.technical
Interface ObjectSender

All Known Implementing Classes:

AS400ByteArrayListSender, AS400ProgramSender, DatabaseSender, FileByteArrayListSender, FileLineWriterSender, FileStreamSender, HTTPByteArrayListSender, HTTPParameterSender, HTTPStreamSender, JavaSender, LDAPSender, PingSender

public interface ObjectSender

Senders which send objects as messages to neighbor-systems have to implement the ObjectSender-interface.

Method Summary

java.lang.Object

execute(java.lang.String function, java.lang.Object callData) The given object will be send to the neighbor system.

Method Detail

execute

java.lang.Object execute(java.lang.String function,
                         java.lang.Object callData)
                         throws XException

The given object will be send to the neighbor system. The response of the neighbor system is the return value of this method.

Optionally a function can be specified. It can be used for calling different methods of the neighbor-system.

Parameters:

function - used by some senders

callData - the data that shall be send to the neighbor system

Returns:

the response of the neighbor system

Throws:

XException - if something goes wrong