GenericHTTPHandler.java

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package org.apache.wiki.ui;

import org.apache.wiki.WikiContext;

/**
 *  Provides a generic HTTP handler interface.
 *  
 *
 */
public interface GenericHTTPHandler
{
    
    /**
     *  Get an identifier for this particular AdminBean.  This id MUST
     *  conform to URI rules.  The ID must also be unique across all HTTPHandlers.
     *  
     *  @return the identifier for the bean
     */
    String getId();
    
    /**
     *  Return basic HTML.
     *  
     *  @param context
     *  @return the HTML for the bean
     */
    String doGet( WikiContext context );
    
    /**
     *  Handles a POST response.
     *  @param context
     *  @return the response string resulting from the POST
     */
    String doPost( WikiContext context );
}