- /*
- * Copyright 2002 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
- * SUN PROPRIETARY/CONFIDENTIAL. Use is subject to license terms.
- */
-
- package javax.activation;
-
- import java.io.IOException;
-
- /**
- * JavaBeans components that are Activation Framework aware implement
- * this interface to find out which command verb they're being asked
- * to perform, and to obtain the DataHandler representing the
- * data they should operate on. JavaBeans that don't implement
- * this interface may be used as well. Such commands may obtain
- * the data using the Externalizable interface, or using an
- * application-specific method.<p>
- */
- public interface CommandObject {
-
- /**
- * Initialize the Command with the verb it is requested to handle
- * and the DataHandler that describes the data it will
- * operate on. <b>NOTE:</b> it is acceptable for the caller
- * to pass <i>null</i> as the value for <code>DataHandler</code>.
- *
- * @param verb The Command Verb this object refers to.
- * @param dh The DataHandler.
- */
- public void setCommandContext(String verb, DataHandler dh)
- throws IOException;
- }