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package org.elasticsearch.rest;

import org.elasticsearch.ElasticsearchException;
import org.elasticsearch.common.component.CloseableComponent;

/**
 * A filter allowing to filter rest operations.
 */
public abstract class RestFilter implements CloseableComponent {

    /**
     * Optionally, the order of the filter. Execution is done from lowest value to highest.
     * It is a good practice to allow to configure this for the relevant filter.
     */
    public int order() {
        return 0;
    }

    @Override
    public void close() throws ElasticsearchException {
        // a no op
    }

    /**
     * Process the rest request. Using the channel to send a response, or the filter chain to continue
     * processing the request.
     */
    public abstract void process(RestRequest request, RestChannel channel, RestFilterChain filterChain);
}
