org.rribbit.dispatching
Interface RequestDispatcher

All Known Implementing Classes:

HttpRequestDispatcher, JmsRequestDispatcher, LocalRequestDispatcher, RmiRequestDispatcher

public interface RequestDispatcher

A RequestDispatcher takes care of dispatching Request objects to a RequestProcessor. This could involve transportation over a network or communication protocol. Implementations are responsible for encoding the Request object and decoding the Response object.

A single RequestDispatcher is always supposed to communicate with only a single RequestProcessor, for simplicity and ease of possible network configurations.

Author:

G.J. Schouten

Method Summary

<T> Response<T>

dispatchRequest(Request request) Dispatches a Request to a RequestProcessor and returns the Response.

Method Detail

dispatchRequest

<T> Response<T> dispatchRequest(Request request)

Dispatches a Request to a RequestProcessor and returns the Response.

Parameters:

request - The Request to be dispatched to a RequestProcessor

Returns:

The Response to be returned from the RequestProcessor