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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2005, 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. 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
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+ *
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+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
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+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
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+ *
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+ */
+
+package javax.xml.ws;
+
+/**
+ *  <p>Service endpoints may implement the <code>Provider</code>
+ *  interface as a dynamic alternative to an SEI.
+ *
+ *  <p>Implementations are required to support <code>Provider&lt;Source&gt;</code>,
+ *  <code>Provider&lt;SOAPMessage&gt;</code> and
+ *  <code>Provider&lt;DataSource&gt;</code>, depending on the binding
+ *  in use and the service mode.
+ *
+ *  <p>The <code>ServiceMode</code> annotation can be used to control whether
+ *  the <code>Provider</code> instance will receive entire protocol messages
+ *  or just message payloads.
+ *
+ *  @since 1.6, JAX-WS 2.0
+ *
+ *  @see javax.xml.transform.Source
+ *  @see javax.xml.soap.SOAPMessage
+ *  @see javax.xml.ws.ServiceMode
+**/
+public interface Provider<T> {
+
+  /** Invokes an operation occording to the contents of the request
+   *  message.
+   *
+   *  @param  request The request message or message payload.
+   *  @return The response message or message payload. May be <code>null</code> if
+              there is no response.
+   *  @throws WebServiceException If there is an error processing request.
+   *          The cause of the <code>WebServiceException</code> may be set to a subclass
+   *          of <code>ProtocolException</code> to control the protocol level
+   *          representation of the exception.
+   *  @see javax.xml.ws.handler.MessageContext
+   *  @see javax.xml.ws.ProtocolException
+  **/
+  public T invoke(T request);
+}