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#region Copyright notice and license
// Protocol Buffers - Google's data interchange format
// Copyright 2008 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
// http://github.com/jskeet/dotnet-protobufs/
// Original C++/Java/Python code:
// http://code.google.com/p/protobuf/
//
// Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
// modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are
// met:
//
// * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
// notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
// * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above
// copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer
// in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
// distribution.
// * Neither the name of Google Inc. nor the names of its
// contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from
// this software without specific prior written permission.
//
// THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
// "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
// LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
// A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
// OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
// SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
// LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
// DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
// THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
// (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
// OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
#endregion
using System;
using Google.ProtocolBuffers.Descriptors;
namespace Google.ProtocolBuffers
{
/// <summary>
/// Base interface for protocol-buffer-based RPC services. Services themselves
/// are abstract classes (implemented either by servers or as stubs) but they
/// implement this itnerface. The methods of this interface can be used to call
/// the methods of the service without knowing its exact type at compile time
/// (analagous to the IMessage interface).
/// </summary>
public interface IService
{
/// <summary>
/// The ServiceDescriptor describing this service and its methods.
/// </summary>
ServiceDescriptor DescriptorForType { get; }
/// <summary>
/// Call a method of the service specified by MethodDescriptor. This is
/// normally implemented as a simple switch that calls the standard
/// definitions of the service's methods.
/// <para>
/// Preconditions
/// <list>
/// <item><c>method.Service == DescriptorForType</c></item>
/// <item>request is of the exact same class as the object returned by GetRequestPrototype(method)</item>
/// <item>controller is of the correct type for the RPC implementation being used by this service.
/// For stubs, the "correct type" depends on the IRpcChannel which the stub is using. Server-side
/// implementations are expected to accept whatever type of IRpcController the server-side RPC implementation
/// uses.</item>
/// </list>
/// </para>
/// <para>
/// Postconditions
/// <list>
/// <item><paramref name="done" /> will be called when the method is complete.
/// This may before CallMethod returns or it may be at some point in the future.</item>
/// <item>The parameter to <paramref name="done"/> is the response. It will be of the
/// exact same type as would be returned by <see cref="GetResponsePrototype"/>.</item>
/// <item>If the RPC failed, the parameter to <paramref name="done"/> will be null.
/// Further details about the failure can be found by querying <paramref name="controller"/>.</item>
/// </list>
/// </para>
/// </summary>
void CallMethod(MethodDescriptor method, IRpcController controller,
IMessage request, Action<IMessage> done);
/// <summary>
/// CallMethod requires that the request passed in is of a particular implementation
/// of IMessage. This method gets the default instance of this type of a given method.
/// You can then call WeakCreateBuilderForType to create a builder to build an object which
/// you can then pass to CallMethod.
/// </summary>
IMessage GetRequestPrototype(MethodDescriptor method);
/// <summary>
/// Like GetRequestPrototype, but returns a prototype of the response message.
/// This is generally not needed because the IService implementation contructs
/// the response message itself, but it may be useful in some cases to know ahead
/// of time what type of object will be returned.
/// </summary>
IMessage GetResponsePrototype(MethodDescriptor method);
}
}
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