ClientRequestFilter (jakarta.ws.rs-api 3.0.0 API)

```
public interface ClientRequestFilter
```
An extension interface implemented by client request filters. Filters implementing this interface MUST be annotated with @Provider to be discovered by the JAX-RS runtime. This type of filters is supported only as part of the Client API.

Since:

2.0

Author:

Marek Potociar, Santiago Pericas-Geertsen

See Also:

ClientResponseFilter

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`void`	`filter(ClientRequestContext requestContext)`	Filter method called before a request has been dispatched to a client transport layer.

- Method Detail
  - filter
```
void filter(ClientRequestContext requestContext)
     throws IOException
```
    Filter method called before a request has been dispatched to a client transport layer. Filters in the filter chain are ordered according to their jakarta.annotation.Priority class-level annotation value.
    
    Parameters:
    
    requestContext - request context.
    
    Throws:
    
    IOException - if an I/O exception occurs.