ChainableStage (Jersey 3.1.5 API)

Type Parameters:

DATA - processed data type.

All Superinterfaces:

Stage<DATA>

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractChainableStage
```
public interface ChainableStage<DATA>
extends Stage<DATA>
```
Linear acceptor that can be composed into a chain. The acceptor exposes a method for setting a value of the next acceptor in the chain that should be returned from the chain by default.
The typical use case for implementing the acceptor is a logic that usually needs to perform some logic, but unlike an Stage.Builder.to(Function) acceptor created from a function} it also needs to be able to decide to override the default next acceptor and return a different acceptor, effectively branching away from the original linear acceptor chain. This technique can be e.g. used to break the accepting chain by returning a custom inflecting acceptor, etc.

Author:

Marek Potociar

Nested Class Summary
- Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface org.glassfish.jersey.process.internal.Stage
  Stage.Builder<DATA>, Stage.Continuation<DATA>

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`void`	`setDefaultNext(Stage<DATA> next)`	Set the default next stage that should be returned from this stage after it has been invoked by default.

Methods inherited from interface org.glassfish.jersey.process.internal.Stage
apply

- Method Detail
  - setDefaultNext
```
void setDefaultNext(Stage<DATA> next)
```
    Set the default next stage that should be returned from this stage after it has been invoked by default.
    
    Parameters:
    
    next - the next default stage in the chain.