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/*
 * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
 * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
 * distributed with this work for additional information
 * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
 * to you under the Apache 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
 * 
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 * 
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 * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
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 */
package org.apache.tuscany.sca.invocation;

import org.apache.tuscany.sca.interfacedef.Operation;

/**
 * A wire consists of 1..n invocation chains associated with the operations of its source service contract.
 * <p/>
 * Invocation chains may contain <code>Interceptors</code> that process invocations.
 * <p/>
 * A <code>Message</code> is used to pass data associated with an invocation through the chain.
 *
 * @version $Rev$ $Date$
 */
public interface InvocationChain {
    /**
     * Returns the target operation for this invocation chain.
     *
     * @return The target operation for this invocation chain
     */
    Operation getTargetOperation();

    /**
     * Updates the target operation for this invocation chain.
     *
     * @param operation The new target operation for this invocation chain
     */
    void setTargetOperation(Operation operation);
    
    /**
     * Returns the source operation for this invocation chain.
     *
     * @return The source operation for this invocation chain
     */    
    Operation getSourceOperation();

    /**
     * Updates the source operation for this invocation chain.
     *
     * @param operation The new source operation for this invocation chain
     */
    void setSourceOperation(Operation operation);

    /**
     * Adds an interceptor to the chain. For reference side, it will be added to
     * Phase.REFERENCE. For service side, it will be added to Phase.SERVICE 
     *
     * @param interceptor The interceptor to add
     */
    void addInterceptor(Interceptor interceptor);

    /**
     * Adds an invoker to the chain
     *
     * @param invoker The invoker to add
     */
    void addInvoker(Invoker invoker);

    /**
     * Returns the first invoker in the chain.
     *
     * @return The first invoker in the chain
     */
    Invoker getHeadInvoker();

    /**
     * Add an interceptor to the given phase
     * @param phase
     * @param interceptor
     */
    void addInterceptor(String phase, Interceptor interceptor);
    
    /**
     * Indicate if the data can be passed in by reference as they won't be mutated.
     * @return true if pass-by-reference is allowed
     */
    boolean allowsPassByReference();
    /**
     * Force the invocation to allow pass-by-reference
     * @param allowsPBR
     */
    void setAllowsPassByReference(boolean allowsPBR);
}