org.glassfish.jersey.process.internal
Interface Stage<DATA,CONTINUATION>

Type Parameters:

DATA - transformable data type. Typically a request, a response or a related context structure.

CONTINUATION - continuation type. Depends on the stage type.

All Superinterfaces:

com.google.common.base.Function<DATA,Pair<DATA,CONTINUATION>>

All Known Subinterfaces:

LinearAcceptor, RequestProcessor, Responder, TreeAcceptor

All Known Implementing Classes:

HierarchicalRequestProcessor, LinearRequestProcessor, PreMatchRequestFilterAcceptor, RequestFilterAcceptor

public interface Stage<DATA,CONTINUATION>
extends com.google.common.base.Function<DATA,Pair<DATA,CONTINUATION>>

A generic unidirectional transformation function designed to be used in a Continuation-passing style for request or response processing.

Author:

Marek Potociar (marek.potociar at oracle.com)

Nested Class Summary

static interface

Stage.Root Root stage qualifier

Method Summary

Pair<DATA,CONTINUATION>

apply(DATA data) Transforms supplied data and returns transformed data together with a processing continuation in the form of a <data, continuation> pair.

Methods inherited from interface com.google.common.base.Function

equals

Method Detail

apply

Pair<DATA,CONTINUATION> apply(DATA data)

Transforms supplied data and returns transformed data together with a processing continuation in the form of a <data, continuation> pair.

Specified by:

apply in interface com.google.common.base.Function<DATA,Pair<DATA,CONTINUATION>>

Parameters:

data - data to be transformed.

Returns:

a pair of transformed data and processing continuation; the transformed data is on the left and the processing continuation on the right side of the pair.