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/*
 * Copyright 2000-2014 Vaadin Ltd.
 * 
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not
 * use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
 * the License at
 * 
 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 * 
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
 * WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
 * License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under
 * the License.
 */
package com.vaadin.server;

import java.io.IOException;

/**
 * A specialized RequestHandler which is capable of sending session expiration
 * messages to the user.
 * 
 * @since 7.1
 * @author Vaadin Ltd
 */
public interface SessionExpiredHandler extends RequestHandler {

    /**
     * Called when the a session expiration has occured and a notification needs
     * to be sent to the user. If a response is written, this method should
     * return true to indicate that no more
     * {@link SessionExpiredHandler} handlers should be invoked for the request.
     * 
     * @param request
     *            The request to handle
     * @param response
     *            The response object to which a response can be written.
     * @return true if a response has been written and no further request
     *         handlers should be called, otherwise false
     * @throws IOException
     *             If an IO error occurred
     * @since 7.1
     */
    boolean handleSessionExpired(VaadinRequest request, VaadinResponse response)
            throws IOException;

}