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package com.esri.gpt.server.csw.provider.components;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
import javax.xml.xpath.XPath;
import org.w3c.dom.Node;
/**
* Interface for an operation provider.
*/
public interface IOperationProvider {
/** methods ================================================================= */
/**
* Handles a URL based request (HTTP GET).
* @param context the operation context
* @param request the HTTP request
* @throws Exception if a processing exception occurs
*/
public void handleGet(OperationContext context, HttpServletRequest request)
throws Exception;
/**
* Handles an XML based request (normally HTTP POST).
* @param context the operation context
* @param root the root node
* @param xpath an XPath to enable queries (properly configured with name spaces)
* @throws Exception if a processing exception occurs
*/
public void handleXML(OperationContext context, Node root, XPath xpath)
throws Exception;
}