javax.servlet

Interface FilterChain

public interface FilterChain

a chain of filters which will be applied to a resource. Constructed by the container when requests require filtering. The chain is a representation of all the filters that apply to a particular request uri. The chain is made available to the filter developer and he is expected to call the single available method to pass control from his filter to the next filter in the chain.

Since:

2.3

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	doFilter(ServletRequest request, ServletResponse response) go to the next filter in the chain or the target resource.

Method Detail

doFilter

void doFilter(ServletRequest request,
            ServletResponse response)
              throws ServletException,
                     java.io.IOException

go to the next filter in the chain or the target resource.

Parameters:

request - the request

response - the response

Throws:

ServletException

java.io.IOException