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javax.resource.spi.endpoint

public Interface MessageEndpoint

Imports
java.lang.NoSuchMethodException, javax.resource.ResourceException, javax.resource.spi.ResourceAdapterInternalException, .ApplicationServerInternalException, .IllegalStateException, .UnavailableException

This defines a contract for a message endpoint. This is implemented by an application server.
Author
Ram Jeyaraman
Version
1.0

Method Summary

Modifier and TypeMethod and Description
public void
afterDelivery()

This is called by a resource adapter after a message is delivered.

public void
beforeDelivery(Method
description of a target method. This information about the intended target method allows an application server to decide whether to start a transaction during this method call, depending on the transaction preferences of the target method. The processing (by the application server) of the actual message delivery method call on the endpoint must be independent of the class loader associated with this descriptive method object.
method
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This is called by a resource adapter before a message is delivered.

public void
release()

This method may be called by the resource adapter to indicate that it no longer needs a proxy endpoint instance.

Method Detail

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public void afterDelivery() throws ResourceException

This is called by a resource adapter after a message is delivered.

Exceptions
ResourceException:
generic exception.
ApplicationServerInternalException:
indicates an error condition in the application server.
IllegalStateException:
indicates that the endpoint is in an illegal state for the method invocation. For example, this occurs when beforeDelivery and afterDelivery method calls are not paired.
UnavailableException:
indicates that the endpoint is not available.
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public void beforeDelivery(Method method) throws NoSuchMethodException, ResourceException

This is called by a resource adapter before a message is delivered.

Parameters
method:Method

description of a target method. This information about the intended target method allows an application server to decide whether to start a transaction during this method call, depending on the transaction preferences of the target method. The processing (by the application server) of the actual message delivery method call on the endpoint must be independent of the class loader associated with this descriptive method object.

Exceptions
NoSuchMethodException:
indicates that the specified method does not exist on the target endpoint.
ResourceException:
generic exception.
ApplicationServerInternalException:
indicates an error condition in the application server.
IllegalStateException:
indicates that the endpoint is in an illegal state for the method invocation. For example, this occurs when beforeDelivery and afterDelivery method calls are not paired.
UnavailableException:
indicates that the endpoint is not available.
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public void release()

This method may be called by the resource adapter to indicate that it no longer needs a proxy endpoint instance. This hint may be used by the application server for endpoint pooling decisions.