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.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 }