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package org.webcat.core.http;
import com.webobjects.appserver.WORequest;
import com.webobjects.appserver.WOResponse;
//-------------------------------------------------------------------------
/**
* A request handler that handles a particular request for a
* {@link MetaRequestHandler}. This class differs from the standard WebObjects
* {@code WORequestHandler} in that the response is passed into the method
* instead of returned from it, because several filters may wish to modify the
* same response, by appending data or adding headers, as part of the
* processing cycle.
*
* @author Tony Allevato
* @author Last changed by $Author: aallowat $
* @version $Revision: 1.1 $, $Date: 2011/05/13 19:46:57 $
*/
public interface RequestHandlerWithResponse
{
//~ Methods ...............................................................
// ----------------------------------------------------------
/**
* Handles the request.
*
* @param request the request
* @param response the response
* @throws Exception if an error occurs
*/
public void handleRequest(WORequest request, WOResponse response)
throws Exception;
}