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package org.apache.tapestry5.http.services;

import java.io.IOException;

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

import org.apache.tapestry5.ioc.annotations.UsesOrderedConfiguration;

/**
 * The first step in handing an incoming request to the {@linkplain org.apache.tapestry5.http.TapestryFilter servlet filter},
 * this constructed as a {@linkplain org.apache.tapestry5.ioc.services.PipelineBuilder pipeline}.  The main
 * implementation hands off to the {@link org.apache.tapestry5.http.services.RequestHandler} service.
 */
@UsesOrderedConfiguration(HttpServletRequestFilter.class)
public interface HttpServletRequestHandler
{
    /**
     * Returns true if the request was handled, false otherwise.
     */
    boolean service(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws IOException;
}
