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 * Copyright (C) 2009 eXo Platform SAS.
 *
 * This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
 * under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as
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 *
 * This software is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
 * Lesser General Public License for more details.
 *
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 */
package org.exoplatform.services.rest;

/**
 * Process the original {@link GenericContainerRequest} before it dispatch by
 * ResourceDispatcher. NOTE this method must be not called directly, it
 * is part of REST framework, otherwise {@link ApplicationContext} may contains
 * wrong parameters.
 * 
 * @author <a href="mailto:andrew00x@gmail.com">Andrey Parfonov</a>
 * @version $Id: $
 */
public interface RequestFilter
{

   /**
    * Can modify original request.
    * 
    * @param request the request
    */
   void doFilter(GenericContainerRequest request);

}
