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014    
015    package org.apache.tapestry.services;
016    
017    import java.io.IOException;
018    
019    import org.apache.tapestry.web.WebRequest;
020    import org.apache.tapestry.web.WebResponse;
021    
022    /**
023     * Interface for objects that can handle web requests; few classes implement
024     * this, instead they implement
025     * {@link org.apache.tapestry.services.WebRequestServicerFilter} and plug
026     * into the tapestry.request.WebRequestServicerPipeline configuration point.
027     * 
028     * @author Howard M. Lewis Ship
029     * @since 4.0
030     */
031    public interface WebRequestServicer
032    {
033    
034        void service(WebRequest request, WebResponse response)
035            throws IOException;
036    }