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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;
}
