aboutsummaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/src/ProtocolBuffers/IRpcDispatch.cs
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorcsharptest <roger@csharptest.net>2011-09-20 14:24:20 -0500
committerrogerk <devnull@localhost>2011-09-20 14:24:20 -0500
commite0e128bb9ac3d8263a4c5deffca4036c1f7d344d (patch)
treeea5ff4c134321cbfdd2f5b55e79bc0e271ee0c41 /src/ProtocolBuffers/IRpcDispatch.cs
parent945ea76eaa2717734c5b901d93c4dcd1265c8229 (diff)
downloadprotobuf-e0e128bb9ac3d8263a4c5deffca4036c1f7d344d.tar.gz
protobuf-e0e128bb9ac3d8263a4c5deffca4036c1f7d344d.tar.bz2
protobuf-e0e128bb9ac3d8263a4c5deffca4036c1f7d344d.zip
Added comments to service interfaces, added IDisposable to service stub since it's generated
Diffstat (limited to 'src/ProtocolBuffers/IRpcDispatch.cs')
-rw-r--r--src/ProtocolBuffers/IRpcDispatch.cs28
1 files changed, 26 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/ProtocolBuffers/IRpcDispatch.cs b/src/ProtocolBuffers/IRpcDispatch.cs
index 1da5c806..524838e4 100644
--- a/src/ProtocolBuffers/IRpcDispatch.cs
+++ b/src/ProtocolBuffers/IRpcDispatch.cs
@@ -34,18 +34,42 @@
#endregion
+using System;
+
namespace Google.ProtocolBuffers
{
/// <summary>
- ///
+ /// Provides an entry-point for transport listeners to call a specified method on a service
/// </summary>
- public interface IRpcServerStub
+ public interface IRpcServerStub : IDisposable
{
+ /// <summary>
+ /// Calls the method identified by methodName and returns the message
+ /// </summary>
+ /// <param name="methodName">The method name on the service descriptor (case-sensitive)</param>
+ /// <param name="input">The ICodedInputStream to deserialize the call parameter from</param>
+ /// <param name="registry">The extension registry to use when deserializing the call parameter</param>
+ /// <returns>The message that was returned from the service's method</returns>
IMessageLite CallMethod(string methodName, ICodedInputStream input, ExtensionRegistry registry);
}
+ /// <summary>
+ /// Used to forward an invocation of a service method to a transport sender implementation
+ /// </summary>
public interface IRpcDispatch
{
+ /// <summary>
+ /// Calls the service member on the endpoint connected. This is generally done by serializing
+ /// the message, sending the bytes over a transport, and then deserializing the call parameter
+ /// to invoke the service's actual implementation via IRpcServerStub. Once the call has
+ /// completed the result message is serialized and returned to the originating endpoint.
+ /// </summary>
+ /// <typeparam name="TMessage">The type of the response message</typeparam>
+ /// <typeparam name="TBuilder">The type of of the response builder</typeparam>
+ /// <param name="method">The name of the method on the service</param>
+ /// <param name="request">The message instance provided to the service call</param>
+ /// <param name="response">The builder used to deserialize the response</param>
+ /// <returns>The resulting message of the service call</returns>
TMessage CallMethod<TMessage, TBuilder>(string method, IMessageLite request,
IBuilderLite<TMessage, TBuilder> response)
where TMessage : IMessageLite<TMessage, TBuilder>