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* null
is a valid response value, and will indicate
* that the entity should be silently ignored.
*
* After the entity is fully consumed, * {@link #handle(HttpRequest, HttpResponse, NHttpResponseTrigger, HttpContext)} * is called to notify a full request & entity are ready to be processed. * * @param request the entity enclosing request. * @param context the execution context. * @return non-blocking HTTP entity. * @throws IOException in case of an I/O error. * @throws HttpException in case of HTTP protocol violation or a processing * problem. */ ConsumingNHttpEntity entityRequest(HttpEntityEnclosingRequest request, HttpContext context) throws HttpException, IOException; /** * Initiates processing of the request. This method does not have to submit * a response immediately. It can defer transmission of the HTTP response * back to the client without blocking the I/O thread by delegating the * process of handling the HTTP request to a worker thread. The worker * thread in its turn can use the instance of {@link NHttpResponseTrigger} * passed as a parameter to submit a response as at a later point of time * once content of the response becomes available. * * @param request the HTTP request. * @param response the HTTP response. * @param trigger the response trigger. * @param context the HTTP execution context. * @throws IOException in case of an I/O error. * @throws HttpException in case of HTTP protocol violation or a processing * problem. */ void handle(HttpRequest request, HttpResponse response, NHttpResponseTrigger trigger, HttpContext context) throws HttpException, IOException; }