uk.ac.ncl.cs.instantsoap.servicedp
Interface SynchronousServiceDispatcher

All Known Implementing Classes:

SynchronousServiceDispatcherImpl

public interface SynchronousServiceDispatcher

Invoke a job specification synchronously.

The operations in this class will cause the calling thread to block until they have completed. This should be used where latency is not an issue, or the job is known to be very short-running.

Author:

Matthew Pocock, Phil Lord

Method Summary

BlockedInvocationResponse

invoke(JobSpecification jobSpec) Invoke the invocation, blocking the calling thread.

Method Detail

invoke

BlockedInvocationResponse invoke(JobSpecification jobSpec)
                                 throws InvalidJobSpecificationException,
                                        JobExecutionException,
                                        UnknownApplicationException

Invoke the invocation, blocking the calling thread.

Parameters:

jobSpec - a JobSpecification value

Returns:

an BlockedInvocationResponse value

Throws:

InvalidJobSpecificationException - if the specification of the job contains errors

JobExecutionException - if an error occurs while handling the job

UnknownApplicationException