Interface semper.payment.PurseServices 
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Interface semper.payment.PurseServices

public interface PurseServices
extends Object
This interface defines all the generic services that a payment system should typically provide. This interface is implemented by leaf subclasses of the PaymentTransaction class. Additional generic services that are optional are defined elsewhere (e.g. in the MicropaymentServices interface)
Version:
$Revision: 1.7 $ $Date: 1996/08/07 13:05:38 $
Author:
N. Asokan ([email protected])
See Also:
AccountBasedPurseServices, CashLikePurseServices, MicropaymentServices

Method Index

o pay(PaymentEntity, Amount, Vector, String[])
Move specified amount from payer to payee.
o receivePayment(PaymentEntity, Amount, Vector, String[])
Accept incoming payment from a payer.
o reversePayment(PaymentTransactionRecord)
Request reversal of a previously made payment.
o reverseReceivedPayment(PaymentTransactionRecord)
Process request for reversing a previously received payment.

Methods

o pay 
  public abstract void pay(PaymentEntity payee,
                           Amount amount,
                           Vector options,
                           String a_ext_ref[]) throws PaymentServiceException
Move specified amount from payer to payee. Parameters with names beginning with an "a_" are one-element arrays used to pass their elements by reference.
Parameters:
payee - Object containing necessary information to identify the recipient address
amount - Amount to be moved
options - List of options for the transaction (Vector of SecurityOption objects)
a_ext_ref - External reference string
Returns:
none
Throws: PaymentServiceException
for misc errors
See Also:
receivePayment, SecurityOption
o receivePayment 
  public abstract void receivePayment(PaymentEntity payer,
                                      Amount amount,
                                      Vector options,
                                      String a_ext_ref[]) throws PaymentServiceException
Accept incoming payment from a payer. Parameters with names beginning with an "a_" are one-element arrays used to pass their elements by reference.
Parameters:
payer - Object containing necessary information to identify the payer
options - List of options for the transaction (Vector of SecurityOption objects)
amount - Amount to be moved
a_ext_ref - External reference string
Returns:
none
Throws: PaymentServiceException
for misc errors
See Also:
pay, SecurityOption
o reversePayment 
  public abstract void reversePayment(PaymentTransactionRecord payment_reference)
Request reversal of a previously made payment.
Parameters:
payment_reference - PaymentTransaction object corresponding to the payment to be reversed.
Returns:
none
See Also:
pay
o reverseReceivedPayment 
  public abstract void reverseReceivedPayment(PaymentTransactionRecord payment_reference)
Process request for reversing a previously received payment.
Parameters:
payment_reference - PaymentTransaction object corresponding to the paymentto be reversed.
Returns:
none
See Also:
receivePayment 
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