org.apache.olingo.server.api

Interface ODataHandler

All Known Subinterfaces:

ODataHttpHandler

public interface ODataHandler

Handles requests as OData requests.

This includes URI parsing, content negotiation, dispatching the request to a specific custom processor implementation for handling data and creating the serialized content for the response object.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
ODataResponse	process(ODataRequest request) Processes an OData request.
void	register(OlingoExtension extension) Registers additional extensions for handling OData requests.
void	register(Processor processor) Registers additional custom processor implementations for handling OData requests.

Method Detail

process

ODataResponse process(ODataRequest request)

Processes an OData request.

This includes URI parsing, content negotiation, dispatching the request to a specific custom processor implementation for handling data and creating the serialized content for the response object.

Parameters:

request - the OData request

Returns:

OData response

register

void register(Processor processor)

Registers additional custom processor implementations for handling OData requests.

If request processing requires a processor that is not registered then a "not implemented" exception will happen.

register

void register(OlingoExtension extension)

Registers additional extensions for handling OData requests.

This method is used for registration of all possible extensions and provide the extensibility for further extensions and different ODataHandler implementations/extensions.