Wed, 31 Dec 2014 07:22:50 +0100
Correct previous dual key logic pending first delivery installment.
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28 package ch.boye.httpclientandroidlib.client;
30 import java.io.IOException;
32 import ch.boye.httpclientandroidlib.HttpHost;
33 import ch.boye.httpclientandroidlib.HttpRequest;
34 import ch.boye.httpclientandroidlib.HttpResponse;
35 import ch.boye.httpclientandroidlib.HttpException;
36 import ch.boye.httpclientandroidlib.protocol.HttpContext;
38 /**
39 * A client-side request director.
40 * The director decides which steps are necessary to execute a request.
41 * It establishes connections and optionally processes redirects and
42 * authentication challenges. The director may therefore generate and
43 * send a sequence of requests in order to execute one initial request.
44 *
45 * @since 4.0
46 */
47 public interface RequestDirector {
50 /**
51 * Executes a request.
52 * <br/><b>Note:</b>
53 * For the time being, a new director is instantiated for each request.
54 * This is the same behavior as for <code>HttpMethodDirector</code>
55 * in HttpClient 3.
56 *
57 * @param target the target host for the request.
58 * Implementations may accept <code>null</code>
59 * if they can still determine a route, for example
60 * to a default target or by inspecting the request.
61 * @param request the request to execute
62 * @param context the context for executing the request
63 *
64 * @return the final response to the request.
65 * This is never an intermediate response with status code 1xx.
66 *
67 * @throws HttpException in case of a problem
68 * @throws IOException in case of an IO problem
69 * or if the connection was aborted
70 */
71 HttpResponse execute(HttpHost target, HttpRequest request, HttpContext context)
72 throws HttpException, IOException;
74 }