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036    
037    package org.deegree.ogcwebservices;
038    
039    /**
040     * This is the base interface for all responses to OGC Web Services (OWS) requests. Each class that
041     * capsulates a response within an OWS has to implement this interface.
042     *
043     * @author <a href="mailto:poth@lat-lon.de">Andreas Poth</a>
044     * @version 2002-03-01
045     */
046    public interface OGCWebServiceResponse {
047    
048        /**
049         * returns the request that causes the response.
050         */
051        OGCWebServiceRequest getRequest();
052    
053        /**
054         * returns an XML encoding of the exception that raised. If no exception raised <tt>null</tt>
055         * will be returned.
056         */
057        OGCWebServiceException getException();
058    
059    }