de.netseeker.ejoe.handler
Interface ServerHandler

All Superinterfaces:

java.io.Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

AssistedRemotingHandler, BaseRemotingHandler, ClassHandler, DefaultRemotingHandler, EchoHandler, MultiObjectHandler, PingHandler, ServerHandlerMapping

public interface ServerHandler
extends java.io.Serializable

Simple interface defining the entry point for all server handlers. Server handlers are the working horses which the caller must implement. Server handlers take the transported input objects send by the client application and return none, one or more return values.

Since:

0.3.0

Author:

netseeker aka Michael Manske

Method Summary

java.lang.Object

handle(java.lang.Object obj) Handles a client request

Method Detail

handle

java.lang.Object handle(java.lang.Object obj)
                        throws java.lang.Exception

Handles a client request

Parameters:

obj - The input object transported by EJOE

Returns:

null or an valid return value. If you want return custom datatypes, eg. your own beans and don't want (or are not able) to deploy the classes of these datatypes on the client you can turn on EJOEs remote classloading feature.

Throws:

java.lang.Exception