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package org.eclipse.jetty.server;
import org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.LifeCycle;
/**
* A Handler that contains other Handlers.
*
* The contained handlers may be one (see @{link {@link org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.HandlerWrapper})
* or many (see {@link org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.HandlerList} or {@link org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.HandlerCollection}.
*
*/
public interface HandlerContainer extends LifeCycle
{
/* ------------------------------------------------------------ */
/**
* @return array of handlers directly contained by this handler.
*/
public Handler[] getHandlers();
/* ------------------------------------------------------------ */
/**
* @return array of all handlers contained by this handler and it's children
*/
public Handler[] getChildHandlers();
/* ------------------------------------------------------------ */
/**
* @param byclass
* @return array of all handlers contained by this handler and it's children of the passed type.
*/
public Handler[] getChildHandlersByClass(Class byclass);
/* ------------------------------------------------------------ */
/**
* @param byclass
* @return first handler of all handlers contained by this handler and it's children of the passed type.
*/
public T getChildHandlerByClass(Class byclass);
}