Package org.hippoecm.hst.core.container

Interface Valve

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

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 Details

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