RequestHandler.java

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package org.everrest.core;


import org.everrest.core.impl.ProviderBinder;

import java.io.IOException;

/**
 * Contract of this component is process all requests, initialization and control main components of JAX-RS implementation.
 *
 * @author andrew00x
 */
public interface RequestHandler {
    /**
     * Handle the HTTP request by dispatching request to appropriate resource. If
     * no one appropriate resource found then error response will be produced.
     *
     * @param request
     *         HTTP request
     * @param response
     *         HTTP response
     * @throws java.io.IOException
     *         if any i/o exceptions occurs
     * @throws UnhandledException
     *         if any other errors occurs
     */
    void handleRequest(GenericContainerRequest request, GenericContainerResponse response) throws IOException;

    ResourceBinder getResources();

    ProviderBinder getProviders();
}