001    // $HeadURL: /cvsroot/deegree/src/org/deegree/ogcwebservices/OGCWebService.java,v
002    // 1.7 2004/06/23 13:37:40 mschneider Exp $
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045    package org.deegree.ogcwebservices;
046    
047    import org.deegree.ogcwebservices.getcapabilities.OGCCapabilities;
048    
049    /**
050     * @author <a href="mailto:poth@lat-lon.de">Andreas Poth </a>
051     * @author last edited by: $Author: apoth $
052     * 
053     * @version $Revision: 9345 $, $Date: 2007-12-27 17:22:25 +0100 (Do, 27 Dez 2007) $
054     */
055    public interface OGCWebService {
056    
057        /**
058         * returns the capabilities of a OGC web service
059         * 
060         * @return the capabilities of a OGC web service
061         */
062        OGCCapabilities getCapabilities();
063    
064        /**
065         * the implementation of this method performs the handling of the passed OGCWebServiceEvent
066         * directly and returns the result to the calling class/ method
067         * 
068         * @param request
069         *            request (WMS, WCS, WFS, CSW, WFS-G, WMPS) to perform
070         * 
071         * @return result of a service operation
072         * @throws OGCWebServiceException
073         */
074        Object doService( OGCWebServiceRequest request )
075                                throws OGCWebServiceException;
076    
077    }