1 /* 2 * Copyright 2004 The Apache Software Foundation. 3 * 4 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 5 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 6 * You may obtain a copy of the License at 7 * 8 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 9 * 10 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 11 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 12 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 13 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 14 * limitations under the License. 15 * 16 * $Header:$ 17 */ 18 package org.apache.beehive.netui.pageflow.handler; 19 20 import javax.servlet.ServletContext; 21 22 23 /** 24 * Base handler interface. 25 */ 26 public interface Handler 27 { 28 /** 29 * Initialize. 30 * 31 * @param handlerConfig the configuration object for this Handler. 32 * @param previousHandler the previously-registered Handler, which this one can adapt. 33 * @param servletContext the ServletContext for the webapp that is creating this object. 34 */ 35 public void init( HandlerConfig handlerConfig, Handler previousHandler, ServletContext servletContext ); 36 37 /** 38 * Reinitialize, normally used to reconsitute transient data that was lost during serialization. 39 * 40 * @param servletContext the ServletContext for the webapp that is reinitializing this object. 41 */ 42 public void reinit( ServletContext servletContext ); 43 } 44