/*

  * Copyright 2005-2008 The Kuali Foundation

  * 

  * 

  * Licensed under the Educational Community License, Version 2.0 (the "License");

  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.

  * You may obtain a copy of the License at

  * 

  * http://www.opensource.org/licenses/ecl2.php

  * 

  * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software

  * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,

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  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and

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 package org.kuali.rice.ksb.api.messaging;

 import java.io.Serializable;

 import javax.xml.namespace.QName;

 /**

  * Interface for acquiring services asynchronously.

  *

  * @author Kuali Rice Team (rice.collab@kuali.org)

  * 

  */

 public interface MessageHelper {

         public String serializeObject(Serializable object);

         public Object deserializeObject(String serializedObject);

         public Object getServiceAsynchronously(QName qname);

     public Object getServiceAsynchronously(QName qname, String applicationId);

         public Object getServiceAsynchronously(QName qname, AsynchronousCallback callback);

         public Object getServiceAsynchronously(QName qname, AsynchronousCallback callback, Serializable context);

         public Object getServiceAsynchronously(QName qname, AsynchronousCallback callback, Serializable context, String value1, String value2);

         public Object getServiceAsynchronously(QName qname, Serializable context, String value1, String value2, long delayMilliseconds);

     public Object getServiceAsynchronously(QName qname, String applicationId, Serializable context, String value1, String value2, long delayMilliseconds);

 }