org.eclipse.jetty.server
Interface Handler

All Superinterfaces:
LifeCycle
All Known Subinterfaces:
Server.Graceful
All Known Implementing Classes:
AbstractHandler, AbstractHandlerContainer, ConstraintSecurityHandler, ContextHandler, ContextHandlerCollection, DebugHandler, DefaultHandler, ErrorHandler, ErrorPageErrorHandler, HandlerCollection, HandlerList, HandlerWrapper, HelloHandler, HotSwapHandler, ManyHandlers.ParamHandler, MovedContextHandler, RequestLogHandler, ResourceHandler, RewriteHandler, ScopedHandler, SecurityHandler, Server, ServletContextHandler, ServletHandler, ServletHandler, SessionHandler, StatisticsHandler, WebAppContext

public interface Handler
extends LifeCycle

A Jetty Server Handler. A Handler instance is required by a Server to handle incoming HTTP requests. A Handler may:

Handlers are passed the servlet API request and response object, but are not Servlets. The servlet container is implemented by handlers for context, security, session and servlet that modify the request object before passing it to the next stage of handling.


Nested Class Summary
 
Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.LifeCycle
LifeCycle.Listener
 
Method Summary
 void destroy()
           
 Server getServer()
           
 void handle(String target, Request baseRequest, HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
          Handle a request.
 void setServer(Server server)
           
 
Methods inherited from interface org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.LifeCycle
addLifeCycleListener, isFailed, isRunning, isStarted, isStarting, isStopped, isStopping, removeLifeCycleListener, start, stop
 

Method Detail

handle

void handle(String target,
            Request baseRequest,
            HttpServletRequest request,
            HttpServletResponse response)
            throws IOException,
                   ServletException
Handle a request.

Parameters:
target - The target of the request - either a URI or a name.
baseRequest - The original unwrapped request object.
request - The request either as the Request object or a wrapper of that request. The HttpConnection.getCurrentConnection() method can be used access the Request object if required.
response - The response as the Response object or a wrapper of that request. The HttpConnection.getCurrentConnection() method can be used access the Response object if required.
Throws:
IOException
ServletException

setServer

void setServer(Server server)

getServer

Server getServer()

destroy

void destroy()


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