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

Type Parameters:

DATA - processed data type.

All Superinterfaces:

Stage<DATA>

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractChainableStage

public interface ChainableStage<DATA>
extends Stage<DATA>

Linear acceptor that can be composed into a chain. The acceptor exposes a method for setting a value of the next acceptor in the chain that should be returned from the chain by default.

The typical use case for implementing the acceptor is a logic that usually needs to perform some logic, but unlike an acceptor created from a function it also needs to be able to decide to override the default next acceptor and return a different acceptor, effectively branching away from the original linear acceptor chain. This technique can be e.g. used to break the accepting chain by returning a custom inflecting acceptor, etc.

Author:

Marek Potociar (marek.potociar at oracle.com)

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface org.glassfish.jersey.process.internal.Stage

Stage.Builder<DATA>, Stage.Continuation<DATA>

Method Summary

void	setDefaultNext(Stage<DATA> next) Set the default next stage that should be returned from this stage after it has been invoked by default.

Methods inherited from interface org.glassfish.jersey.process.internal.Stage

apply

Method Detail

setDefaultNext

void setDefaultNext(Stage<DATA> next)

Set the default next stage that should be returned from this stage after it has been invoked by default.

Parameters:

next - the next default stage in the chain.