ResponseHandler.java revision 608:7e06bf1dcb09 
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25package org.omg.CORBA.portable;
26
27/**
28This interface is supplied by an ORB to a servant at invocation time and allows
29the servant to later retrieve an OutputStream for returning the invocation results.
30*/
31
32public interface ResponseHandler {
33    /**
34     * Called by the servant during a method invocation. The servant
35     * should call this method to create a reply marshal buffer if no
36     * exception occurred.
37     *
38     * @return an OutputStream suitable for marshalling the reply.
39     *
40     * @see <a href="package-summary.html#unimpl"><code>portable</code>
41     * package comments for unimplemented features</a>
42     */
43    OutputStream createReply();
44
45    /**
46     * Called by the servant during a method invocation. The servant
47     * should call this method to create a reply marshal buffer if a
48     * user exception occurred.
49     *
50     * @return an OutputStream suitable for marshalling the exception
51     * ID and the user exception body.
52     */
53    OutputStream createExceptionReply();
54}
55