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27
28 package org.apache.http.protocol;
29
30 import java.io.IOException;
31
32 import org.apache.http.HttpException;
33 import org.apache.http.HttpRequest;
34 import org.apache.http.HttpResponse;
35
36 /**
37 * HttpRequestHandler represents a routine for processing of a specific group
38 * of HTTP requests. Protocol handlers are designed to take care of protocol
39 * specific aspects, whereas individual request handlers are expected to take
40 * care of application specific HTTP processing. The main purpose of a request
41 * handler is to generate a response object with a content entity to be sent
42 * back to the client in response to the given request
43 *
44 * @since 4.0
45 */
46 public interface HttpRequestHandler {
47
48 /**
49 * Handles the request and produces a response to be sent back to
50 * the client.
51 *
52 * @param request the HTTP request.
53 * @param response the HTTP response.
54 * @param context the HTTP execution context.
55 * @throws IOException in case of an I/O error.
56 * @throws HttpException in case of HTTP protocol violation or a processing
57 * problem.
58 */
59 void handle(HttpRequest request, HttpResponse response, HttpContext context)
60 throws HttpException, IOException;
61
62 }