HandlerMatcher.java

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package com.nominanuda.web.mvc;

import javax.annotation.Nullable;

import org.apache.http.HttpRequest;

import com.nominanuda.zen.common.Tuple2;
import com.nominanuda.zen.obj.Stru;

public interface HandlerMatcher {
	/**
	 * 
	 * @param request
	 * @return the handler object or {@link HandlerAndFilters} plus the bound data during request matching
	 */
	@Nullable Tuple2<Object, Stru> match(HttpRequest request);
}