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