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21 package org.apache.cactus.spi.server;
22
23 /**
24 * Controller interface that simulates a bit the controller from the MVC
25 * model in that this controller implementation classes are in charge of
26 * extracting data from the request and calling the test method to execute.
27 * Note that this is independent of the protocol (HTTP, JMS, etc).
28 *
29 * @version $Id: TestController.java 238991 2004-05-22 11:34:50Z vmassol $
30 */
31 public interface TestController
32 {
33 /**
34 * Handles the incoming request by extracting the requested service and
35 * calling the correct test method.
36 *
37 * @param theObjects the implicit objects (they are different for the
38 * different redirectors)
39 * @exception Exception if an error occurs when servicing the request
40 */
41 void handleRequest(ImplicitObjects theObjects) throws Exception;
42 }