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+/*
+ * Copyright 2005 Sun Microsystems, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.  Sun designates this
+ * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided
+ * by Sun in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Sun Microsystems, Inc., 4150 Network Circle, Santa Clara,
+ * CA 95054 USA or visit www.sun.com if you need additional information or
+ * have any questions.
+ */
+
+package javax.xml.ws;
+
+/** The <code>Binding</code> interface is the base interface
+ *  for JAX-WS protocol bindings.
+ *
+ *  @since JAX-WS 2.0
+**/
+public interface Binding {
+
+  /** Gets a copy of the handler chain for a protocol binding instance.
+   *  If the returned chain is modified a call to <code>setHandlerChain</code>
+   * is required to configure the binding instance with the new chain.
+   *
+   *  @return java.util.List<javax.xml.ws.handler.HandlerInfo> Handler chain
+  **/
+  public java.util.List<javax.xml.ws.handler.Handler> getHandlerChain();
+
+  /** Sets the handler chain for the protocol binding instance.
+   *
+   *  @param chain    A List of handler configuration entries
+   *  @throws WebServiceException On an error in the configuration of
+   *                  the handler chain
+   *  @throws java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException If this
+   *          operation is not supported. This may be done to
+   *          avoid any overriding of a pre-configured handler
+   *          chain.
+  **/
+  public void setHandlerChain(java.util.List<javax.xml.ws.handler.Handler> chain);
+}