/*
 * Copyright 2004 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
 * SUN PROPRIETARY/CONFIDENTIAL. Use is subject to license terms.
 */

package javax.xml.ws;

/** The <code>Binding</code> interface is the base interface
 *  for JAX-WS protocol bindings.
 *
 *  @since JAX-WS 2.0
**/
public interface Binding {

  /** Gets a copy of the handler chain for a protocol binding instance.
   *  If the returned chain is modified a call to <code>setHandlerChain</code>
   * is required to configure the binding instance with the new chain.
   *
   *  @return java.util.List<javax.xml.ws.handler.HandlerInfo> Handler chain
  **/
  public java.util.List<javax.xml.ws.handler.Handler> getHandlerChain();

  /** Sets the handler chain for the protocol binding instance.
   *
   *  @param chain    A List of handler configuration entries
   *  @throws WebServiceException On an error in the configuration of
   *                  the handler chain
   *  @throws java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException If this
   *          operation is not supported. This may be done to
   *          avoid any overriding of a pre-configured handler
   *          chain.
  **/
  public void setHandlerChain(java.util.List<javax.xml.ws.handler.Handler> chain);
}