public static class

Filter.Chain

extends Object
java.lang.Object
   ↳ com.sun.net.httpserver.Filter.Chain

Class Overview

a chain of filters associated with a HttpServer. Each filter in the chain is given one of these so it can invoke the next filter in the chain

Summary

Public Constructors
Filter.Chain(List<Filter> filters, HttpHandler handler)
Public Methods
void doFilter(HttpExchange exchange)
calls the next filter in the chain, or else the users exchange handler, if this is the final filter in the chain.
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Inherited Methods
From class java.lang.Object

Public Constructors

public Filter.Chain (List<Filter> filters, HttpHandler handler)

Public Methods

public void doFilter (HttpExchange exchange)

calls the next filter in the chain, or else the users exchange handler, if this is the final filter in the chain. The Filter may decide to terminate the chain, by not calling this method. In this case, the filter must send the response to the request, because the application's exchange handler will not be invoked.

Parameters
exchange the HttpExchange
Throws
IOException let exceptions pass up the stack
NullPointerException if exchange is null