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package org.apache.wicket.request;
/**
* A request handler is the base entity that is the subject of a request. Different types of request
* have different request handlers. For instance a request for a bookmarkable page differs from a
* request for a link on a previously rendered page, which in turn differs from a request for a
* shared resource.
*
* @author Eelco Hillenius
* @author Matej Knopp
*/
@FunctionalInterface
public interface IRequestHandler
{
/**
* Generates a response.
*
* @param requestCycle
* the current request cycle
*/
void respond(IRequestCycle requestCycle);
/**
* This method is called at the end of a request cycle to indicate that processing is done and
* that cleaning up of the subject(s) of this target may be done.
*
* @param requestCycle
* the current request cycle
*/
default void detach(IRequestCycle requestCycle)
{}
}