1 /* 2 * Copyright [2007] [University Corporation for Advanced Internet Development, Inc.] 3 * 4 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 5 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 6 * You may obtain a copy of the License at 7 * 8 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 9 * 10 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 11 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 12 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 13 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 14 * limitations under the License. 15 */ 16 17 package edu.internet2.middleware.shibboleth.common.profile; 18 19 import javax.servlet.ServletRequest; 20 21 /** 22 * This manager is responsible for determining the correct {@link ProfileHandler} for a given request. The 23 * manner in which this is done is completely implementation specific but implementers should make the selection process 24 * as quick and simple as absolutely possible as this process will be run on every request. 25 */ 26 public interface ProfileHandlerManager { 27 28 /** 29 * Gets the profile handler to service this request. 30 * 31 * @param request request that will be serviced by the profile handler 32 * 33 * @return the profile handler that should be used to service the given request 34 */ 35 public ProfileHandler getProfileHandler(ServletRequest request); 36 37 /** 38 * Gets the error handler for this manager. 39 * 40 * @return handler to use if an error is encountered when processing a request 41 */ 42 public AbstractErrorHandler getErrorHandler(); 43 }