    001// Copyright 2006, 2008 The Apache Software Foundation
    002//
    003// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
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    014
    015package org.apache.tapestry5.services;
    016
    017import org.apache.tapestry5.ioc.annotations.UsesOrderedConfiguration;
    018
    019import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
    020import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
    021import java.io.IOException;
    022
    023/**
    024 * The first step in handing an incoming request to the {@linkplain org.apache.tapestry5.TapestryFilter servlet filter},
    025 * this constructed as a {@linkplain org.apache.tapestry5.ioc.services.PipelineBuilder pipeline}.  The main
    026 * implementation hands off to the {@link org.apache.tapestry5.services.RequestHandler} service.
    027 */
    028@UsesOrderedConfiguration(HttpServletRequestFilter.class)
    029public interface HttpServletRequestHandler
    030{
    031    /**
    032     * Returns true if the request was handled, false otherwise.
    033     */
    034    boolean service(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws IOException;
    035}