geode-core/src/main/java/org/apache/geode/distributed/internal/tcpserver/TcpHandler.java

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package org.apache.geode.distributed.internal.tcpserver;

import java.io.IOException;

public interface TcpHandler {
  /**
   * Process a request and return a response
   *
   * @return the response, or null if there is no reponse
   */
  Object processRequest(Object request) throws IOException;

  void endRequest(Object request, long startTime);

  void endResponse(Object request, long startTime);

  /**
   * Perform any shutdown code in the handler after the TCP server has closed the socket.
   */
  void shutDown();

  /**
   * Initialize the handler with the TcpServer. Called before the TcpServer starts accepting
   * connections.
   */
  void init(TcpServer tcpServer);
}