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 * Copyright (c) 2009 Caelum - www.caelum.com.br/opensource
 * All rights reserved.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 
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package br.com.caelum.vraptor.core;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.MalformedURLException;

import javax.servlet.FilterChain;
import javax.servlet.ServletException;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;

/**
 * Handles the content if the request corresponds to static content (like images, CSS, JS and so on).
 * 
 * @author based on VRaptor2
 */
public interface StaticContentHandler {

	/**
	 * Return true if the requested file is a static content, false otherwise.
	 */
	boolean requestingStaticFile(HttpServletRequest request) throws MalformedURLException;

	/**
	 * Defer the process to container.
	 */
	void deferProcessingToContainer(FilterChain filterChain, HttpServletRequest request,
			HttpServletResponse response) throws IOException, ServletException;

}