WebServiceClient (Cytoscape Swing App API (swing-app-api) 3.8.0 API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractWebServiceClient, AbstractWebServiceGUIClient
```
public interface WebServiceClient
```
Thin wrapper for SOAP/REST web service clients. All web service clients must implement this interface.
Module: webservice-api
To use this in your app, include the following dependency in your POM:
```
<dependency>
    <groupId>org.cytoscape</groupId>
    <artifactId>webservice-api</artifactId>
</dependency>
```
Cytoscape Backwards Compatibility (SPI Interface): We expect that this interface will be implemented. Therefore to maintain backwards compatibility this interface will only be modified for major version updates.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`TaskIterator`	`createTaskIterator(Object query)`	Set query for the tasks to be executed.
`String`	`getDescription()`	Get human-readable description of this client.
`String`	`getDisplayName()`	Returns display name of this client.
`URI`	`getServiceLocation()`	Returns resource location of this service, i.e., service URL.

- Method Detail
  - getServiceLocation
```
URI getServiceLocation()
```
    Returns resource location of this service, i.e., service URL. This is guaranteed to be globally unique and can be used as identifier.
    
    Returns:
    
    URI of the service.
  - getDisplayName
```
String getDisplayName()
```
    Returns display name of this client. This is more human readable name for this client. This may not be unique.
    
    Returns:
    
    display name for this client.
  - getDescription
```
String getDescription()
```
    Get human-readable description of this client.
    
    Returns:
    
    Description as a string. Users should write parser for this return value.
  - createTaskIterator
```
TaskIterator createTaskIterator(Object query)
```
    Set query for the tasks to be executed.
    
    Parameters:
    
    query - query object. This is client-dependent.