davsessionprovider.java

jsr170接口的java实现。是个apache的开源项目。

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package org.apache.jackrabbit.webdav;

/**
 * <code>DavSessionProvider</code> is an interface for components that
 * can initiate and complete {@link DavSession}s. A provider is
 * responsible for supplying references from a {@link WebdavRequest}
 * to a {@link DavSession} when acquired and removing the references
 * when released.

 */
public interface DavSessionProvider {

    /**
     * Acquires a DavSession. Upon success, the WebdavRequest will
     * reference that session.
     *
     * A session will not be available if an exception is thrown.
     *
     * @param request
     * @return <code>true</code> if the session was attached to the request;
     *         <code>false</code> otherwise.
     * @throws DavException if a problem occurred while obtaining the session
     */
    public boolean attachSession(WebdavRequest request) throws DavException;

    /**
     * Releases the reference from the request to the session.
     *
     * @param request
     */
    public void releaseSession(WebdavRequest request);
}