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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 org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.LifeCycle;
+
+/**
+ * A Handler that contains other Handlers.
+ * <p>
+ * The contained handlers may be one (see @{link {@link org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.HandlerWrapper})
+ * or many (see {@link org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.HandlerList} or {@link org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.HandlerCollection}. 
+ *
+ */
+public interface HandlerContainer extends LifeCycle
+{
+    /* ------------------------------------------------------------ */
+    /**
+     * @return array of handlers directly contained by this handler.
+     */
+    public Handler[] getHandlers();
+    
+    /* ------------------------------------------------------------ */
+    /**
+     * @return array of all handlers contained by this handler and it's children
+     */
+    public Handler[] getChildHandlers();
+    
+    /* ------------------------------------------------------------ */
+    /**
+     * @param byclass
+     * @return array of all handlers contained by this handler and it's children of the passed type.
+     */
+    public Handler[] getChildHandlersByClass(Class<?> byclass);
+    
+    /* ------------------------------------------------------------ */
+    /**
+     * @param byclass
+     * @return first handler of all handlers contained by this handler and it's children of the passed type.
+     */
+    public <T extends Handler> T getChildHandlerByClass(Class<T> byclass);
+}