RequestHandler

All Known Implementing Classes:

MessageDispatcher, RpcDispatcher
```
public interface RequestHandler
```

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Default Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`java.lang.Object`	`handle(Message msg)`	Processes a request synchronously, ie.
`default void`	`handle(Message request, Response response)`	Processes a request asynchronously.

- Method Detail
  - handle
```
java.lang.Object handle(Message msg)
                 throws java.lang.Exception
```
    Processes a request synchronously, ie. on the thread invoking this handler
    
    Parameters:
    
    msg - the message containing the request
    
    Returns:
    
    the object, rceeived as result, or null (void method)
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.Exception
  - handle
```
default void handle(Message request,
                    Response response)
             throws java.lang.Exception
```
    Processes a request asynchronously. This could be done (for example) by dispatching this to a thread pool. When done, if a response is needed (e.g. in case of a sync RPC), Response.send(Object,boolean) should be called.
    
    Parameters:
    
    request - The request
    
    response - The response implementation. Contains information needed to send the reply (e.g. a request ID). If no response is required, e.g. because this is an asynchronous RPC, then response will be null.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.Exception - If an exception is thrown (e.g. in case of an issue submitting the request to a thread pool, the exception will be taken as return value and will be sent as a response. In this case, Response.send(Object,boolean) must not be called