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25
26package javax.xml.ws.handler.soap;
27
28import javax.xml.namespace.QName;
29import javax.xml.ws.handler.Handler;
30import java.util.Set;
31
32/** The {@code SOAPHandler} class extends {@code Handler}
33 *  to provide typesafety for the message context parameter and add a method
34 *  to obtain access to the headers that may be processed by the handler.
35 *
36 * @param <T> message context
37 *  @since 1.6, JAX-WS 2.0
38**/
39public interface SOAPHandler<T extends SOAPMessageContext>
40    extends Handler<T> {
41
42  /** Gets the header blocks that can be processed by this Handler
43   *  instance.
44   *
45   *  @return Set of {@code QNames} of header blocks processed by this
46   *           handler instance. {@code QName} is the qualified
47   *           name of the outermost element of the Header block.
48  **/
49  Set<QName> getHeaders();
50}
51