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+//
+//  ========================================================================
+//  Copyright (c) 1995-2014 Mort Bay Consulting Pty. Ltd.
+//  ------------------------------------------------------------------------
+//  All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
+//  are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
+//  and Apache License v2.0 which accompanies this distribution.
+//
+//      The Eclipse Public License is available at
+//      http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
+//
+//      The Apache License v2.0 is available at
+//      http://www.opensource.org/licenses/apache2.0.php
+//
+//  You may elect to redistribute this code under either of these licenses.
+//  ========================================================================
+//
+
+package org.eclipse.jetty.server;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import javax.servlet.ServletException;
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
+
+import org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.HandlerCollection;
+import org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.HandlerWrapper;
+import org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.Destroyable;
+import org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.LifeCycle;
+
+/* ------------------------------------------------------------ */
+/** A Jetty Server Handler.
+ * 
+ * A Handler instance is required by a {@link Server} to handle incoming
+ * HTTP requests.  A Handler may: <ul>
+ * <li>Completely generate the HTTP Response</li>
+ * <li>Examine/modify the request and call another Handler (see {@link HandlerWrapper}).
+ * <li>Pass the request to one or more other Handlers (see {@link HandlerCollection}).
+ * </ul>
+ * 
+ * Handlers are passed the servlet API request and response object, but are 
+ * not Servlets.  The servlet container is implemented by handlers for 
+ * context, security, session and servlet that modify the request object 
+ * before passing it to the next stage of handling.
+ * 
+ */
+public interface Handler extends LifeCycle, Destroyable
+{
+    /* ------------------------------------------------------------ */
+    /** Handle a request.
+     * @param target The target of the request - either a URI or a name.
+     * @param baseRequest The original unwrapped request object.
+     * @param request The request either as the {@link Request}
+     * object or a wrapper of that request. The {@link AbstractHttpConnection#getCurrentConnection()} 
+     * method can be used access the Request object if required.
+     * @param response The response as the {@link Response}
+     * object or a wrapper of that request. The {@link AbstractHttpConnection#getCurrentConnection()} 
+     * method can be used access the Response object if required.
+     * @throws IOException
+     * @throws ServletException
+     */
+    public void handle(String target, Request baseRequest, HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
+        throws IOException, ServletException;
+    
+    public void setServer(Server server);
+    public Server getServer();
+    
+    public void destroy();
+    
+}
+