org.apache.sling.api.servlets
Interface OptingServlet

All Superinterfaces:

javax.servlet.Servlet

public interface OptingServlet
extends javax.servlet.Servlet

The OptingServlet interface may be implemented by Servlets used by Sling which may choose to not handle all requests for which they would be selected based on their registration properties.

Method Summary

boolean

accepts(SlingHttpServletRequest request) Examines the request, and return true if this servlet is willing to handle the request.

Methods inherited from interface javax.servlet.Servlet

destroy, getServletConfig, getServletInfo, init, service

Method Detail

accepts

boolean accepts(SlingHttpServletRequest request)

Examines the request, and return true if this servlet is willing to handle the request. If false is returned, the request will be ignored by this servlet, and may be handled by other servlets.

Parameters:

request - The request to examine

Returns:

true if this servlet will handle the request, false otherwise