Tomcat example source code file (CometFilterChain.java)

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The Tomcat CometFilterChain.java source code

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package org.apache.catalina;

import java.io.IOException;

import javax.servlet.ServletException;

/**
 * A CometFilterChain is an object provided by the servlet container to the developer
 * giving a view into the invocation chain of a filtered event for a resource. Filters
 * use the CometFilterChain to invoke the next filter in the chain, or if the calling filter
 * is the last filter in the chain, to invoke the resource at the end of the chain.
 * 
 * @author Remy Maucherat
 * @author Filip Hanik
 */
public interface CometFilterChain {

    
    /**
     * Causes the next filter in the chain to be invoked, or if the calling filter is the last filter
     * in the chain, causes the resource at the end of the chain to be invoked.
     *
     * @param event the event to pass along the chain.
     */
    public void doFilterEvent(CometEvent event) throws IOException, ServletException;
    

}