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package com.amazon.speech.speechlet;
import com.amazon.speech.json.SpeechletRequestEnvelope;
/**
*
* A {@code SpeechletV2} is a speech-enabled web service that runs in the cloud. A
* {@code SpeechletV2} receives and responds to speech initiated requests.
*
*
*
* This is the second version, which takes in {@link SpeechletRequestEnvelope}s instead of a request
* and session.
*
*
*
* The methods in the {@code SpeechletV2} interface define:
*
*
* - life-cycle events for the skill as experienced by the user
* - a way to service speech requests from the user
* - call-backs from events happening on the device the user is interacting with
*
*
*
* Because a {@code SpeechletV2} is a cloud-based service, the life-cycle of the actual object
* implementing the {@code SpeechletV2} interface is unrelated to the life-cycle of the Alexa skill
* as experienced by the user interacting with the speech enabled device. A single
* {@code SpeechletV2} object typically handles requests from many users, from many devices, for
* many sessions, using many concurrent threads. Also, multiple requests that are part of a single
* session coming from a single user and a single device may actually be serviced by different
* {@code SpeechletV2} objects if your service is deployed on multiple machines and load-balanced.
* The {@link Session} object is what defines a single run of a skill as experienced by a user.
*
*
* @see Session
*/
public interface SpeechletV2 {
/**
* Used to notify that a new session started as a result of a user interacting with the device.
* This method enables {@code SpeechletV2}s to perform initialization logic and allows for session
* attributes to be stored for subsequent requests.
*
* @param requestEnvelope
* the session started request envelope
*/
void onSessionStarted(SpeechletRequestEnvelope requestEnvelope);
/**
* Entry point for {@code SpeechletV2}s for handling a speech initiated request to start the skill
* without providing an {@code Intent}.
*
* This method is only invoked when {@link Session#isNew()} is {@code true}.
*
* @param requestEnvelope
* the launch request envelope
* @return the response, spoken and visual, to the request
*/
SpeechletResponse onLaunch(SpeechletRequestEnvelope requestEnvelope);
/**
* Entry point for handling speech initiated requests.
*
* This is where the bulk of the {@code SpeechletV2} logic lives. Intent requests are handled by
* this method and return responses to render to the user.
*
* If this is the initial request of a new {@code SpeechletV2} session, {@link Session#isNew()}
* returns {@code true}. Otherwise, this is a subsequent request within an existing session.
*
* @param requestEnvelope
* the intent request envelope to handle
* @return the response, spoken and visual, to the request
*/
SpeechletResponse onIntent(SpeechletRequestEnvelope requestEnvelope);
/**
* Callback used to notify that the session ended as a result of the user interacting, or not
* interacting with the device. This method is not invoked if the {@code SpeechletV2} itself
* ended the session using {@link SpeechletResponse#setNullableShouldEndSession(Boolean)}.
*
* @param requestEnvelope
* the end of session request envelope
*/
void onSessionEnded(SpeechletRequestEnvelope requestEnvelope);
}