httpcore5/src/main/java/org/apache/hc/core5/http/io/HttpFilterHandler.java

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package org.apache.hc.core5.http.io;

import java.io.IOException;

import org.apache.hc.core5.annotation.Contract;
import org.apache.hc.core5.annotation.ThreadingBehavior;
import org.apache.hc.core5.http.ClassicHttpRequest;
import org.apache.hc.core5.http.HttpException;
import org.apache.hc.core5.http.protocol.HttpContext;

/**
 * HttpFilterHandler represents a routine for handling all incoming requests
 * in the server side request processing chain.
 *
 * @since 5.0
 */
@Contract(threading = ThreadingBehavior.STATELESS)
public interface HttpFilterHandler {

    /**
     * Processes the incoming HTTP request and if processing has been completed
     * submits a final response to the client. The handler must not use
     * the response trigger after passing control to the next filter with the
     * {@link HttpFilterChain#proceed(ClassicHttpRequest, HttpFilterChain.ResponseTrigger, HttpContext)}
     * method.
     *
     * @param request the actual request.
     * @param responseTrigger the response trigger.
     * @param context the actual execution context.
     * @param chain the next element in the request processing chain.
     */
    void handle(
            ClassicHttpRequest request,
            HttpFilterChain.ResponseTrigger responseTrigger,
            HttpContext context,
            HttpFilterChain chain) throws HttpException, IOException;

}