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package flex.messaging.endpoints.amf;

import flex.messaging.io.amf.ActionContext;

import java.io.IOException;

/**
 * Filters perform pre- and post-processing duties on the ActionContext,
 * which contains the message/invocation as well as conextual information
 * about it, following the standard pipe-and-filter design pattern.
 */
public abstract class AMFFilter {
    protected AMFFilter next;

    public AMFFilter() {
    }

    public void setNext(AMFFilter next) {
        this.next = next;
    }

    public AMFFilter getNext() {
        return next;
    }

    /**
     * The core business method.
     */
    public abstract void invoke(final ActionContext context) throws IOException;

}
