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package javax.xml.ws.spi.http;

import javax.xml.ws.Endpoint;

import java.io.IOException;

/**

 * A handler which is invoked to process HTTP requests.

 * <p>

 * JAX-WS runtime provides the implementation for this and sets

 * it using {@link HttpContext#setHandler(HttpHandler)} during

 * {@link Endpoint#publish(HttpContext) }

 *

 * @author Jitendra Kotamraju

 * @since JAX-WS 2.2

 */

public abstract class HttpHandler {

    /**

     * Handles a given request and generates an appropriate response.

     * See {@link HttpExchange} for a description of the steps

     * involved in handling an exchange. Container invokes this method

     * when it receives an incoming request.

     *

     * @param exchange the exchange containing the request from the

     *      client and used to send the response

     * @throws IOException when an I/O error happens during request

     *      handling

     */

    public abstract void handle(HttpExchange exchange) throws IOException;

}