PostOperation.java

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package org.apache.sling.servlets.post;

import org.apache.sling.api.SlingHttpServletRequest;

/**
 * The <code>PostOperation</code> interface defines the service API to be
 * implemented by service providers extending the Sling POST servlet. Service
 * providers may register OSGi services of this type to be used by the Sling
 * default POST servlet to handle specific operations.
 * <p>
 * The <code>PostOperation</code> service must be registered with a
 * {@link #PROP_OPERATION_NAME} registration property giving the name(s) of the
 * operations supported by the service. The names will be used to find the
 * actual operation from the {@link SlingPostConstants#RP_OPERATION
 * <code>:operation</code>} request parameter.
 * <p>
 * The Sling POST servlet itself provides various operations (see the
 * <code>OPERATION_</code> constants in the {@link SlingPostConstants}
 * interface.These names should not be used by <code>SlingPostOperation</code>
 * service providers.
 * <p>
 * This interface replaces the old {@link SlingPostOperation} service interface
 * adding support for extensible responses by means of the {@link PostResponse}
 * interface as well as operation postprocessing.
 * <p>
 * Implementors of this interface are advised to extend the
 * {@link AbstractPostOperation} class to benefit from various precossings
 * implemented by that abstract class.
 */
public interface PostOperation {

    /**
     * The name of the Sling POST operation service.
     */
    public static final String SERVICE_NAME = "org.apache.sling.servlets.post.PostOperation";

    /**
     * The name of the service registration property indicating the name(s) of
     * the operation provided by the operation implementation. The value of this
     * service property must be a single String or an array or
     * <code>java.util.Collection</code> of Strings. If multiple strings are
     * defined, the service is registered for all operation names.
     */
    public static final String PROP_OPERATION_NAME = "sling.post.operation";

    /**
     * Executes the operation provided by this service implementation. This
     * method is called by the Sling POST servlet.
     *
     * @param request The <code>SlingHttpServletRequest</code> object providing
     *            the request input for the operation.
     * @param response The <code>HtmlResponse</code> into which the operation
     *            steps should be recorded.
     * @param processors The {@link SlingPostProcessor} services to be called
     *            after applying the operation. This may be <code>null</code> if
     *            there are none.
     * @throws org.apache.sling.api.resource.ResourceNotFoundException May be
     *             thrown if the operation requires an existing request
     *             resource. If this exception is thrown the Sling POST servlet
     *             sends back a <code>404/NOT FOUND</code> response to the
     *             client.
     * @throws org.apache.sling.api.SlingException May be thrown if an error
     *             occurrs running the operation.
     */
    void run(SlingHttpServletRequest request, PostResponse response,
            SlingPostProcessor[] processors);
}