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* Copyright 2004 The Apache Software Foundation
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package javax.servlet.jsp;

import javax.servlet.*;
import javax.servlet.http.*;
import java.io.IOException;

/**
 * The HttpJspPage interface describes the interaction that a JSP Page
 * Implementation Class must satisfy when using the HTTP protocol.
 *
 * <p>
 * The behaviour is identical to that of the JspPage, except for the signature
 * of the _jspService method, which is now expressible in the Java type
 * system and included explicitly in the interface.
 * 
 * @see JspPage
 */

public interface HttpJspPage extends JspPage {

    /** The _jspService()method corresponds to the body of the JSP page. This
     * method is defined automatically by the JSP container and should never
     * be defined by the JSP page author.
     * <p>
     * If a superclass is specified using the extends attribute, that
     * superclass may choose to perform some actions in its service() method
     * before or after calling the _jspService() method.  See using the extends
     * attribute in the JSP_Engine chapter of the JSP specification.
     *
     * @param request Provides client request information to the JSP.
     * @param response Assists the JSP in sending a response to the client.
     * @throws ServletException Thrown if an error occurred during the 
     *     processing of the JSP and that the container should take 
     *     appropriate action to clean up the request.
     * @throws IOException Thrown if an error occurred while writing the
     *     response for this page.
     */
    public void _jspService(HttpServletRequest request,
                            HttpServletResponse response)
       throws ServletException, IOException;
}