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package com.sun.xml.internal.ws.api.server;

import com.sun.xml.internal.ws.api.addressing.WSEndpointReference;
import com.sun.xml.internal.ws.api.pipe.ServerTubeAssemblerContext;
import com.sun.istack.internal.Nullable;

import javax.xml.namespace.QName;

Implementations of this class can contribute properties associated with an Endpoint. The properties appear as
extensibility elements inside the EndpointReference of the endpoint. If any EPR extensibility elements are configured
for an endpoint, the EndpointReference is published inside the WSDL.
Author:
Rama Pulavarthi
Since:
JAX-WS 2.2/**
 * Implementations of this class can contribute properties associated with an Endpoint. The properties appear as
 * extensibility elements inside the EndpointReference of the endpoint. If any EPR extensibility elements are configured
 * for an endpoint, the EndpointReference is published inside the WSDL.
 *
 * @since JAX-WS 2.2
 * @author Rama Pulavarthi
 */
public abstract class EndpointReferenceExtensionContributor {
    
Params:
extension – EPRExtension is passed if an extension with same QName is already configured on the endpoint
     via other means (one possible way is by embedding EndpointReference in WSDL).
Returns:
 EPRExtension that should be finally configured on an Endpoint./**
     *
     * @param extension EPRExtension is passed if an extension with same QName is already configured on the endpoint
     *      via other means (one possible way is by embedding EndpointReference in WSDL).
     *
     * @return  EPRExtension that should be finally configured on an Endpoint.
     */
    public abstract WSEndpointReference.EPRExtension getEPRExtension(WSEndpoint endpoint, @Nullable WSEndpointReference.EPRExtension extension );

    
Returns:
QName of the extensibility element that is contributed by this extension./**
     *
     * @return QName of the extensibility element that is contributed by this extension.
     */
    public abstract QName getQName();
}