HandlerAdapter.java

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package org.springframework.web.reactive;

import java.util.function.Function;

import reactor.core.publisher.Mono;

import org.springframework.web.server.ServerWebExchange;

/**
 * Contract that decouples the {@link DispatcherHandler} from the details of
 * invoking a handler and makes it possible to support any handler type.
 *
 * @author Rossen Stoyanchev
 * @author Sebastien Deleuze
 * @since 5.0
 */
public interface HandlerAdapter {

	/**
	 * Whether this {@code HandlerAdapter} supports the given {@code handler}.
	 * @param handler handler object to check
	 * @return whether or not the handler is supported
	 */
	boolean supports(Object handler);

	/**
	 * Handle the request with the given handler.
	 * <p>Implementations are encouraged to handle exceptions resulting from the
	 * invocation of a handler in order and if necessary to return an alternate
	 * result that represents an error response.
	 * <p>Furthermore since an async {@code HandlerResult} may produce an error
	 * later during result handling implementations are also encouraged to
	 * {@link HandlerResult#setExceptionHandler(Function) set an exception
	 * handler} on the {@code HandlerResult} so that may also be applied later
	 * after result handling.
	 * @param exchange current server exchange
	 * @param handler the selected handler which must have been previously
	 * checked via {@link #supports(Object)}
	 * @return {@link Mono} that emits a single {@code HandlerResult} or none if
	 * the request has been fully handled and doesn't require further handling.
	 */
	Mono<HandlerResult> handle(ServerWebExchange exchange, Object handler);

}