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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 org.eclipse.jetty.util.annotation.ManagedAttribute;
+import org.eclipse.jetty.util.annotation.ManagedObject;
+import org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.LifeCycle;
+
+/**
+ * A Handler that contains other Handlers.
+ * <p>
+ * The contained handlers may be one (see @{link {@link org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.HandlerWrapper})
+ * or many (see {@link org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.HandlerList} or {@link org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.HandlerCollection}.
+ *
+ */
+@ManagedObject("Handler of Multiple Handlers")
+public interface HandlerContainer extends LifeCycle
+{
+ /* ------------------------------------------------------------ */
+ /**
+ * @return array of handlers directly contained by this handler.
+ */
+ @ManagedAttribute("handlers in this container")
+ public Handler[] getHandlers();
+
+ /* ------------------------------------------------------------ */
+ /**
+ * @return array of all handlers contained by this handler and it's children
+ */
+ @ManagedAttribute("all contained handlers")
+ public Handler[] getChildHandlers();
+
+ /* ------------------------------------------------------------ */
+ /**
+ * @param byclass
+ * @return array of all handlers contained by this handler and it's children of the passed type.
+ */
+ public Handler[] getChildHandlersByClass(Class<?> byclass);
+
+ /* ------------------------------------------------------------ */
+ /**
+ * @param byclass
+ * @return first handler of all handlers contained by this handler and it's children of the passed type.
+ */
+ public <T extends Handler> T getChildHandlerByClass(Class<T> byclass);
+}