A request handler processes requests from a specific channel driver, and determines the request data to construct the operations from the channel context. A request handler is instantiated by the channel handler the first time the device accesses the specific channel and is registered in the handler registry. A request handler has the following responsibilities:
The abstract class com.ibm.btt.clientserver.DSERequestHandler, which implements the com.ibm.btt.clientserver.RequestHandler interface, provides the base functionality of a request handler to use with the toolkit, and is intended to be extended for new channel implementations.