ConnectorMessageInterceptor.java

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package org.apache.ignite.configuration;

import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;

/**
 * Interface for user-defined object interceptors.
 * <p>
 * Interceptors allow user to transform objects send and received via REST protocols.
 * For example they could be used for customized multi-language marshalling by
 * converting binary object representation received from client to java object.
 */
public interface ConnectorMessageInterceptor {
    /**
     * Intercepts received objects.
     *
     * @param obj Original incoming object.
     * @return Object which should replace original in later processing.
     */
    @Nullable public Object onReceive(@Nullable Object obj);

    /**
     * Intercepts received objects.
     *
     * @param obj Original incoming object.
     * @return Object which should be send to remote client instead of original.
     */
    @Nullable public Object onSend(Object obj);
}