Example 7.5 FilterManager - Custom Filter Strategy public class FilterManager { public void processFilter(Filter target, javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request, javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse response) throws javax.servlet.ServletException, java.io.IOException { FilterChain filterChain = new FilterChain(); // The filter manager builds the filter chain here // if necessary // Pipe request through Filter Chain filterChain.processFilter(request, response); //process target resource target.execute(request, response); } }