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package org.apache.camel.component.gae.bind;

import org.apache.camel.Endpoint;
import org.apache.camel.Exchange;
import org.apache.camel.Producer;

/**
 * Represents the binding of request and response types to an {@link Exchange}.
 * The request and response types are defined via the type parameters
 * <code>S</code> and <code>T</code>, respectively. The OutboundBinding is used
 * by {@link Producer} implementations to translate between {@link Exchange}
 * objects and protocol-specific or services-specific messages.
 * 
 * @param S
 *            request type.
 * @param T
 *            response type.
 * @param E
 *            endpoint type.
 */
public interface OutboundBinding<E extends Endpoint, S, T> {

    /**
     * Creates or populates a request object from {@link Exchange} and endpoint configuration data.
     * 
     * @param endpoint endpoint providing binding-relevant information. 
     * @param exchange exchange to read data from.
     * @param request request to be populated or created (if <code>null</code>) from exchange data.
     * @return the populated response.
     */
    S writeRequest(E endpoint, Exchange exchange, S request) throws Exception;
    
    /**
     * Populates an {@link Exchange} from response data and endpoint configuration data.
     * 
     * @param endpoint endpoint providing binding-relevant information. 
     * @param exchange exchange to be populated or created (if <code>null</code>) from response data.
     * @param response response to read data from.
     * @return the populated exchange.
     */
    Exchange readResponse(E endpoint, Exchange exchange, T response) throws Exception;
    
}
