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package com.sun.enterprise.connectors.util;

import com.sun.enterprise.connectors.*;
import com.sun.enterprise.deployment.*;
import java.util.*;

/** Interface class of managed connection factory parser methods. 
 *  @author Srikanth P
 */


public interface MessageListenerConfigParser extends ConnectorConfigParser {


    /**
     *  Obtains the Message Listener types of a given rar.
     *  @param desc ConnectorDescriptor pertaining to rar.
     *  @return Array of MessageListener types as strings
     *  @throws ConnectorRuntimeException If rar is not exploded or 
     *                                    incorrect ra.xml 
     */

    public String[] getMessageListenerTypes(ConnectorDescriptor desc) 
                      throws ConnectorRuntimeException;

    /**
     *  Returns the ActivationSpecClass name for the given rar and message 
     *  listener type. 
     *  @param desc ConnectorDescriptor pertaining to rar.
     *  @param messageListenerType MessageListener type
     *  @throws ConnectorRuntimeException If rar is not exploded or
     *                                    incorrect ra.xml
     */

    public String getActivationSpecClass(ConnectorDescriptor desc,
          String messageListenerType) throws ConnectorRuntimeException;

    /** 
     * Returns the Properties object consisting of PropertyName as the key 
     * and the datatype as the value
     *  @param desc ConnectorDescriptor pertaining to rar.
     *  @param  messageListenerType message listener type.It is uniqie
     *          across all <messagelistener> sub-elements in <messageadapter>
     *          element in a given rar.
     *  @return properties object with the property names(key) and datatype
     *          of property(as value).
     *  @throws  ConnectorRuntimeException if either of the parameters are null.
     *           If corresponding rar is not deployed i.e moduleDir is invalid.
     *           If messagelistener type is not found in ra.xml
     */
  
    public Properties getJavaBeanReturnTypes(ConnectorDescriptor desc,
          String messageListenerType) throws ConnectorRuntimeException;
}