Stage (Jersey 3.1.3 API)

Type Parameters:

DATA - processed data type.

All Known Subinterfaces:

ChainableStage<DATA>

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractChainableStage, Stages.LinkedStage
```
public interface Stage<DATA>
```
Data processing stage that can be used to create dynamic data processing chains.
An stage is a stateless data processing unit that returns a processing continuation.

Author:

Marek Potociar

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes
Modifier and Type	Interface	Description
`static interface`	`Stage.Builder<DATA>`	Linear stage chain builder.
`static class`	`Stage.Continuation<DATA>`	Data processing stage continuation.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`Stage.Continuation<DATA>`	`apply(DATA data)`	Performs a data processing task and returns the processed data together with a `processing continuation`.

- Method Detail
  - apply
```
Stage.Continuation<DATA> apply(DATA data)
```
    Performs a data processing task and returns the processed data together with a processing continuation.
    
    Parameters:
    
    data - data to be transformed.
    
    Returns:
    
    a processing continuation.