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

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 (marek.potociar at oracle.com)

Nested Class Summary

static interface	Stage.Builder<DATA> Linear stage chain builder.
static class	Stage.Continuation<DATA> Data processing stage continuation.

Method Summary

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.