1 /* 2 * Copyright (C) 2012-2024 RRiBbit.org 3 * 4 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 5 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 6 * You may obtain a copy of the License at 7 * 8 * https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 9 * 10 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 11 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 12 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 13 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 14 * limitations under the License. 15 */ 16 package org.rribbit.dispatching; 17 18 import org.rribbit.Request; 19 import org.rribbit.Response; 20 import org.rribbit.processing.RequestProcessor; 21 22 /** 23 * A {@link RequestDispatcher} takes care of dispatching {@link Request} objects to a {@link RequestProcessor}. This could involve transportation over a network or communication protocol. 24 * Implementations are responsible for encoding the {@link Request} object and decoding the {@link Response} object. 25 * <p /> 26 * A single {@link RequestDispatcher} is always supposed to communicate with only a single {@link RequestProcessor}, for simplicity and ease of possible network configurations. 27 * 28 * @author G.J. Schouten 29 * 30 */ 31 public interface RequestDispatcher { 32 33 /** 34 * Dispatches a {@link Request} to a {@link RequestProcessor} and returns the {@link Response}. 35 * 36 * @param request The {@link Request} to be dispatched to a {@link RequestProcessor} 37 * @return The {@link Response} to be returned from the {@link RequestProcessor} 38 */ 39 <T> Response<T> dispatchRequest(Request request); 40 }