org.biomoby.client
Class ExtendedProtocolClient

java.lang.Object
  org.biomoby.client.BaseClient
      org.biomoby.client.ExtendedProtocolClient

public abstract class ExtendedProtocolClient
extends BaseClient

A client that can (additionally to the normal features) communicate with an implementation of a Biomoby service using a non-biomoby protocol. It loads an implementation class (taken from a ExtendedServiceLocator) into the same JVM. It is useful for testing a service implemenation even before it is deployed as a web service.

Version:

$Id: ExtendedProtocolClient.java,v 1.3 2006/02/20 05:51:09 senger Exp $

Author:

Martin Senger

Constructor Summary

ExtendedProtocolClient()

Method Summary

String

callRemoteService(String xmlInput) Call either a local class implementing a service, or pass it to the superclass that does a real (usual) SOAP call to a service (or first to a registry and then to a service).

Methods inherited from class org.biomoby.client.BaseClient

errorsInResponse, fillRequest, fillRequest, fillRequest, getServiceLocator, interceptRequest, process, process, useResponse, useResponse, useResponse

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

ExtendedProtocolClient

public ExtendedProtocolClient()

Method Detail

callRemoteService

public String callRemoteService(String xmlInput)
                         throws MobyException

Call either a local class implementing a service, or pass it to the superclass that does a real (usual) SOAP call to a service (or first to a registry and then to a service).

The local class is used if its name was given on the command-line. This is meant to be used to test services before they are deployed in a servlet environment (such as Apache/Axis).

Overrides:

callRemoteService in class BaseClient

Parameters:

xmlInput - data will be sent to the called Biomoby service

Returns:

service response (still in XML)

Throws:

MobyException - if (a) a local class cannot be instantiated, or if (b) a local class returned an unexpected result type (should return only String or array of bytes), or if a (c) super-class call to remote service failed

See Also:

BaseClient.callRemoteService(java.lang.String)