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.
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8 * https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
9 *
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11 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
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15 */
16 package org.rribbit.processing;
17
18 import org.rribbit.Request;
19 import org.rribbit.Response;
20 import org.rribbit.dispatching.RequestDispatcher;
21
22 /**
23 * The {@link RequestProcessor} is responsible for receiving {@link Request} objects from a {@link RequestDispatcher} and processing them. Implementations may expose themselves in
24 * a number of ways, such as plain java method calls, RMI connections or JMS connections. Implementations are responsible for decoding the {@link Request} object and encoding the
25 * {@link Response} object.
26 * <p />
27 * A single {@link RequestProcessor} is always supposed to communicate with only a single {@link RequestDispatcher}, for simplicity and ease of possible network configurations.
28 *
29 * @author G.J. Schouten
30 *
31 */
32 public interface RequestProcessor {
33
34 /**
35 * Processes a {@link Request} and returns the {@link Response}.
36 *
37 * @param request The {@link Request} to process
38 * @return The {@link Response}
39 */
40 <T> Response<T> processRequest(Request request);
41 }