1. /*

  2.  * @(#)RequestHandler.java	1.20 03/01/23

  3.  *

  4.  * Copyright 2003 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.

  5.  * SUN PROPRIETARY/CONFIDENTIAL. Use is subject to license terms.

  6.  */

  7. 

  8. package com.sun.corba.se.internal.core;

  9. 

  10. import com.sun.corba.se.internal.ior.ObjectKey;

  11. 

  12. /**

  13.  * A RequestHandler is responsible for finding the appropriate

  14.  * server subcontracts to dispatch the incoming request to. There

  15.  * exists one RequestDispatcher for a GIOPServer.

  16.  */

  17. public interface RequestHandler {

  18. 

  19.     /**

  20.      * Process this request and return the response.

  21.      */

  22.     public ServerResponse process(ServerRequest request)

  23. 	throws Throwable;

  24. 

  25.     /**

  26.      * Process a locate request.

  27.      */

  28.     public IOR locate(ObjectKey key);

  29. }