1 /* 2 * Copyright 2000,2004 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 package org.apache.webapp.balancer; 17 18 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest; 19 20 21 /** 22 * The Rule interface is implemented by 23 * load balancing rules. 24 * 25 * @author Yoav Shapira 26 */ 27 public interface Rule { 28 /** 29 * Determine if the given request 30 * matches the rule. 31 * 32 * @param request The request 33 * @return boolean True if matches, will be redirected. 34 */ 35 boolean matches(HttpServletRequest request); 36 37 /** 38 * Returns the redirect URL for 39 * requests that match this rule. 40 * 41 * @return The redirect URL 42 */ 43 String getRedirectUrl(); 44 } 45 46 47 // End of file: Rule.java 48