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019package org.apache.wiki.ui;
020
021import org.apache.wiki.WikiContext;
022
023/**
024 *  Provides a generic HTTP handler interface.
025 *  
026 *
027 */
028public interface GenericHTTPHandler
029{
030    
031    /**
032     *  Get an identifier for this particular AdminBean.  This id MUST
033     *  conform to URI rules.  The ID must also be unique across all HTTPHandlers.
034     *  
035     *  @return the identifier for the bean
036     */
037    String getId();
038    
039    /**
040     *  Return basic HTML.
041     *  
042     *  @param context
043     *  @return the HTML for the bean
044     */
045    String doGet( WikiContext context );
046    
047    /**
048     *  Handles a POST response.
049     *  @param context
050     *  @return the response string resulting from the POST
051     */
052    String doPost( WikiContext context );
053}