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25
26package javax.xml.ws.spi.http;
27
28import javax.xml.ws.Endpoint;
29import java.io.IOException;
30
31/**
32 * A handler which is invoked to process HTTP requests.
33 * <p>
34 * JAX-WS runtime provides the implementation for this and sets
35 * it using {@link HttpContext#setHandler(HttpHandler)} during
36 * {@link Endpoint#publish(HttpContext) }
37 *
38 * @author Jitendra Kotamraju
39 * @since 1.7, JAX-WS 2.2
40 */
41public abstract class HttpHandler {
42    /**
43     * Handles a given request and generates an appropriate response.
44     * See {@link HttpExchange} for a description of the steps
45     * involved in handling an exchange. Container invokes this method
46     * when it receives an incoming request.
47     *
48     * @param exchange the exchange containing the request from the
49     *      client and used to send the response
50     * @throws IOException when an I/O error happens during request
51     *      handling
52     */
53    public abstract void handle(HttpExchange exchange) throws IOException;
54}
55