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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044 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
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 }