org.apache.wink.client.handlers
Interface ClientHandler

All Known Subinterfaces:

ConnectionHandler

public interface ClientHandler

Interface that all client handlers must implement

Method Summary

ClientResponse

handle(ClientRequest request, HandlerContext context) This method is invoked for every request invocation to allow the handler to perform custom actions during the invocation.

Method Detail

handle

ClientResponse handle(ClientRequest request,
                      HandlerContext context)
                      throws java.lang.Exception

This method is invoked for every request invocation to allow the handler to perform custom actions during the invocation. This method may be called more that once for a single request, so handlers are must be prepared to handle such situations.

Parameters:

request - a modifiable ClientRequest containing the request details

context - the handler context

Returns:

a ClientResponse instance containing the response details

Throws:

java.lang.Exception - any exception can be thrown by a handler and it will be caught by the underlying client implementation and wrapped in a ClientRuntimeException