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+//
+// ========================================================================
+// Copyright (c) 1995-2014 Mort Bay Consulting Pty. Ltd.
+// ------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
+// are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
+// and Apache License v2.0 which accompanies this distribution.
+//
+// The Eclipse Public License is available at
+// http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
+//
+// The Apache License v2.0 is available at
+// http://www.opensource.org/licenses/apache2.0.php
+//
+// You may elect to redistribute this code under either of these licenses.
+// ========================================================================
+//
+
+package org.eclipse.jetty.server;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import javax.servlet.ServletException;
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
+
+import org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.HandlerCollection;
+import org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.HandlerWrapper;
+import org.eclipse.jetty.util.annotation.ManagedAttribute;
+import org.eclipse.jetty.util.annotation.ManagedObject;
+import org.eclipse.jetty.util.annotation.ManagedOperation;
+import org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.Destroyable;
+import org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.LifeCycle;
+
+/* ------------------------------------------------------------ */
+/** A Jetty Server Handler.
+ *
+ * A Handler instance is required by a {@link Server} to handle incoming
+ * HTTP requests. A Handler may: <ul>
+ * <li>Completely generate the HTTP Response</li>
+ * <li>Examine/modify the request and call another Handler (see {@link HandlerWrapper}).
+ * <li>Pass the request to one or more other Handlers (see {@link HandlerCollection}).
+ * </ul>
+ *
+ * Handlers are passed the servlet API request and response object, but are
+ * not Servlets. The servlet container is implemented by handlers for
+ * context, security, session and servlet that modify the request object
+ * before passing it to the next stage of handling.
+ *
+ */
+@ManagedObject("Jetty Handler")
+public interface Handler extends LifeCycle, Destroyable
+{
+ /* ------------------------------------------------------------ */
+ /** Handle a request.
+ * @param target The target of the request - either a URI or a name.
+ * @param baseRequest The original unwrapped request object.
+ * @param request The request either as the {@link Request}
+ * object or a wrapper of that request. The {@link HttpChannel#getCurrentHttpChannel()}
+ * method can be used access the Request object if required.
+ * @param response The response as the {@link Response}
+ * object or a wrapper of that request. The {@link HttpChannel#getCurrentHttpChannel()}
+ * method can be used access the Response object if required.
+ * @throws IOException
+ * @throws ServletException
+ */
+ public void handle(String target, Request baseRequest, HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
+ throws IOException, ServletException;
+
+ public void setServer(Server server);
+
+ @ManagedAttribute(value="the jetty server for this handler", readonly=true)
+ public Server getServer();
+
+ @ManagedOperation(value="destroy associated resources", impact="ACTION")
+ public void destroy();
+
+}
+