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| package org.apache.olingo.server.api; |
| |
| import org.apache.olingo.server.api.processor.Processor; |
| |
| /** |
| * <p>Handles requests as OData requests.</p> |
| * |
| * <p>This includes URI parsing, content negotiation, dispatching the request |
| * to a specific custom processor implementation for handling data and |
| * creating the serialized content for the response object.</p> |
| */ |
| public interface ODataHandler { |
| |
| /** |
| * <p>Processes an OData request.</p> |
| * <p>This includes URI parsing, content negotiation, dispatching the request |
| * to a specific custom processor implementation for handling data and |
| * creating the serialized content for the response object.</p> |
| * @param request the OData request |
| * @return OData response |
| */ |
| ODataResponse process(final ODataRequest request); |
| |
| /** |
| * <p>Registers additional custom processor implementations for handling OData requests.</p> |
| * <p>If request processing requires a processor that is not registered then a |
| * "not implemented" exception will happen.</p> |
| */ |
| void register(Processor processor); |
| |
| /** |
| * <p>Registers additional extensions for handling OData requests.</p> |
| * <p>This method is used for registration of all possible extensions |
| * and provide the extensibility for further extensions and |
| * different ODataHandler implementations/extensions.</p> |
| */ |
| void register(OlingoExtension extension); |
| } |