HttpHandler (Jakarta XML Web Services API documentation)

java.lang.Object
- jakarta.xml.ws.spi.http.HttpHandler

```
public abstract class HttpHandler
extends Object
```
A handler which is invoked to process HTTP requests.
Jakarta XML Web Services runtime provides the implementation for this and sets it using HttpContext.setHandler(HttpHandler) during Endpoint.publish(HttpContext)

Author:

Jitendra Kotamraju

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

HttpHandler()

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`abstract void`	`handle(HttpExchange exchange)`	Handles a given request and generates an appropriate response.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - HttpHandler
```
public HttpHandler()
```
- Method Detail
  - handle
```
public abstract void handle(HttpExchange exchange)
                     throws IOException
```
    Handles a given request and generates an appropriate response. See HttpExchange for a description of the steps involved in handling an exchange. Container invokes this method when it receives an incoming request.
    
    Parameters:
    
    exchange - the exchange containing the request from the client and used to send the response
    
    Throws:
    
    IOException - when an I/O error happens during request handling