DeleteHandler (Apache Jackrabbit 2.23.1-beta API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultHandler, VersionHandler, XmlHandler, ZipHandler
```
public interface DeleteHandler
```
The DeleteHandler is invoked when a webdav DELETE request is received. Implementers of this interface should plugin their handling of DELETE request here

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`boolean`	`canDelete(DeleteContext deleteContext, DavResource resource)`	Validates if this handler is able to execute a delete operation with the given parameters.
`boolean`	`delete(DeleteContext deleteContext, DavResource resource)`	Executes the delete operation with the given parameters.

- Method Detail
  - delete
```
boolean delete(DeleteContext deleteContext,
               DavResource resource)
        throws DavException
```
    Executes the delete operation with the given parameters.
    
    Parameters:
    
    deleteContext - The context of the delete.
    
    resource - The resource to be deleted
    
    Returns:
    
    true if this instance successfully executed the delete operation with the given parameters; false otherwise.
    
    Throws:
    
    DavException - If an error occurs.
  - canDelete
```
boolean canDelete(DeleteContext deleteContext,
                  DavResource resource)
```
    Validates if this handler is able to execute a delete operation with the given parameters.
    
    Parameters:
    
    deleteContext - The context of the delete
    
    resource - The resource to be deleted
    
    Returns:
    
    true if this instance can successfully execute the delete operation with the given parameters; false otherwise.