Valve (Hippo Site Toolkit API 15.4.0 API)

All Known Subinterfaces:

OrderableValve

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractOrderableValve, AbstractValve
```
public interface Valve
```
General valve interface. Valves are to be assembled and invoked by a Pipeline.

Version:

$Id$

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`void`	`destroy()`	Called by the container to indicate to a valve that the valve is being taken out of service
`void`	`initialize()`	Initialize the valve before using in a pipeline.
`void`	`invoke(ValveContext context)`	Invoke this valve

- Method Detail
  - invoke
```
void invoke(ValveContext context)
     throws ContainerException
```
    Invoke this valve
    
    Parameters:
    
    context -
    
    Throws:
    
    ContainerException
  - initialize
```
void initialize()
         throws ContainerException
```
    Initialize the valve before using in a pipeline.
    
    Throws:
    
    ContainerException
  - destroy
```
void destroy()
```
    Called by the container to indicate to a valve that the valve is being taken out of service