001    /**
002     * Copyright 2005-2011 The Kuali Foundation
003     *
004     * Licensed under the Educational Community License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
005     * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
006     * You may obtain a copy of the License at
007     *
008     * http://www.opensource.org/licenses/ecl2.php
009     *
010     * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
011     * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
012     * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
013     * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
014     * limitations under the License.
015     */
016    package org.kuali.rice.ken.service.ws;
017    
018    import java.rmi.Remote;
019    import java.rmi.RemoteException;
020    
021    /**
022     * Web service interface to NotificationService - allows remote sending of notifications from other systems via Web Service interaction.
023     * @author Kuali Rice Team (rice.collab@kuali.org)
024     */
025    public interface NotificationWebService extends Remote {
026        /**
027         * This method allows consumers to send notification messages.  This particular service 
028         * accepts the XML format of the notification and then marshals it out into the actual 
029         * business object construct, for further processing.  The response is also sent back as 
030         * a String of XML.
031         * @param notificationMessageAsXml
032         * @return String
033         */
034        public String sendNotification(String notificationMessageAsXml) throws RemoteException;
035    }