org.apache.xmlrpc.metadata
Interface XmlRpcMetaDataHandler

All Superinterfaces:

XmlRpcHandler

All Known Implementing Classes:

ReflectiveXmlRpcMetaDataHandler

public interface XmlRpcMetaDataHandler
extends XmlRpcHandler

A metadata handler is able to provide metadata about itself, as specified here.

See Also:

Specification of XML-RPC introspection

Method Summary

java.lang.String	getMethodHelp() This method may be used to implement XmlRpcListableHandlerMapping.getMethodHelp(String).
java.lang.String[][]	getSignatures() This method may be used to implement XmlRpcListableHandlerMapping.getMethodSignature(String).

Methods inherited from interface org.apache.xmlrpc.XmlRpcHandler

execute

Method Detail

getSignatures

java.lang.String[][] getSignatures()
                                   throws XmlRpcException

This method may be used to implement XmlRpcListableHandlerMapping.getMethodSignature(String). Typically, the handler mapping will pick up the matching handler, invoke its method getSignatures(), and return the result.

Method handlers, which are created by the AbstractReflectiveHandlerMapping, will typically return a single signature only.

Returns:

An array of arrays. Any element in the outer array is a signature. The elements in the inner array are being concatenated with commas. The inner arrays first element is the return type, followed by the parameter types.

Throws:

XmlRpcException

getMethodHelp

java.lang.String getMethodHelp()
                               throws XmlRpcException

This method may be used to implement XmlRpcListableHandlerMapping.getMethodHelp(String). Typically, the handler mapping will pick up the matching handler, invoke its method getMethodHelp(), and return the result.

Throws:

XmlRpcException