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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037    package org.deegree.ogcwebservices;
038    
039    import org.deegree.ogcwebservices.getcapabilities.OGCCapabilities;
040    
041    /**
042     * @author <a href="mailto:poth@lat-lon.de">Andreas Poth </a>
043     * @author last edited by: $Author: mschneider $
044     *
045     * @version $Revision: 18195 $, $Date: 2009-06-18 17:55:39 +0200 (Do, 18 Jun 2009) $
046     */
047    public interface OGCWebService {
048    
049        /**
050         * returns the capabilities of a OGC web service
051         *
052         * @return the capabilities of a OGC web service
053         */
054        OGCCapabilities getCapabilities();
055    
056        /**
057         * the implementation of this method performs the handling of the passed OGCWebServiceEvent
058         * directly and returns the result to the calling class/ method
059         *
060         * @param request
061         *            request (WMS, WCS, WFS, CSW, WFS-G, WMPS) to perform
062         *
063         * @return result of a service operation
064         * @throws OGCWebServiceException
065         */
066        Object doService( OGCWebServiceRequest request )
067                                throws OGCWebServiceException;
068    
069    }