001    /*----------------    FILE HEADER  ------------------------------------------
002    
003    This file is part of deegree.
004    Copyright (C) 2001 by:
005    EXSE, Department of Geography, University of Bonn
006    http://www.giub.uni-bonn.de/exse/
007    lat/lon Fitzke/Fretter/Poth GbR
008    http://www.lat-lon.de
009    
010    This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
011    modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
012    License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
013    version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
014    
015    This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
016    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
017    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
018    Lesser General Public License for more details.
019    
020    You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
021    License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
022    Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
023    
024    Contact:
025    
026    Andreas Poth
027    lat/lon Fitzke/Fretter/Poth GbR
028    Meckenheimer Allee 176
029    53115 Bonn
030    Germany
031    E-Mail: poth@lat-lon.de
032    
033    Jens Fitzke
034    Department of Geography
035    University of Bonn
036    Meckenheimer Allee 166
037    53115 Bonn
038    Germany
039    E-Mail: jens.fitzke@uni-bonn.de
040    
041    
042     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
043    package org.opengis.webservice;
044    
045    
046    /**
047     * This is the base interface for all responses to OGC Web Services (OWS)
048     * requests. Each class that capsulates a response within an OWS has to implement
049     * this interface.
050     *
051     * @author <a href="mailto:poth@lat-lon.de">Andreas Poth</a>
052     * @version 2002-03-01
053     * @deprecated Legacy code of deegree 1.x.
054     */
055    public interface WebServiceResponse {
056       /**
057        * Returns the request that causes the response.
058        */
059        WebServiceRequest getRequest();
060    
061       /**
062        * Returns an XML encoding of the exception that raised. If no exception
063        * raised <tt>null</tt> will be returned.
064        */
065        WebServiceException getException();
066    }