/*
* CommandObject.java
* Copyright (C) 2004 The Free Software Foundation
*
* This file is part of GNU Java Activation Framework (JAF), a library.
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package javax.activation;
import java.io.IOException;
/**
* Bean interface to implement in order to receive notification of the
* command verb.
*
* @author <a href='mailto:dog@gnu.org'>Chris Burdess</a>
* @version 1.1
*/
public interface CommandObject
{
/**
* Initializes the command with the verb it is expected to perform and
* the data handler describing the data to operate on.
* @param verb the command verb
* @param dh the data handler describing the data to process
*/
void setCommandContext(String verb, DataHandler dh)
throws IOException;
}