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+/*
+ * ====================================================================
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ * ====================================================================
+ *
+ * This software consists of voluntary contributions made by many
+ * individuals on behalf of the Apache Software Foundation.  For more
+ * information on the Apache Software Foundation, please see
+ * <http://www.apache.org/>.
+ *
+ */
+
+package ch.boye.httpclientandroidlib.client;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import ch.boye.httpclientandroidlib.HttpHost;
+import ch.boye.httpclientandroidlib.HttpRequest;
+import ch.boye.httpclientandroidlib.HttpResponse;
+import ch.boye.httpclientandroidlib.HttpException;
+import ch.boye.httpclientandroidlib.protocol.HttpContext;
+
+/**
+ * A client-side request director.
+ * The director decides which steps are necessary to execute a request.
+ * It establishes connections and optionally processes redirects and
+ * authentication challenges. The director may therefore generate and
+ * send a sequence of requests in order to execute one initial request.
+ *
+ * @since 4.0
+ */
+public interface RequestDirector {
+
+
+    /**
+     * Executes a request.
+     * <br/><b>Note:</b>
+     * For the time being, a new director is instantiated for each request.
+     * This is the same behavior as for <code>HttpMethodDirector</code>
+     * in HttpClient 3.
+     *
+     * @param target    the target host for the request.
+     *                  Implementations may accept <code>null</code>
+     *                  if they can still determine a route, for example
+     *                  to a default target or by inspecting the request.
+     * @param request   the request to execute
+     * @param context   the context for executing the request
+     *
+     * @return  the final response to the request.
+     *          This is never an intermediate response with status code 1xx.
+     *
+     * @throws HttpException            in case of a problem
+     * @throws IOException              in case of an IO problem
+     *                                     or if the connection was aborted
+     */
+    HttpResponse execute(HttpHost target, HttpRequest request, HttpContext context)
+        throws HttpException, IOException;
+
+}