Java example source code file (HttpRoutePlanner.java)

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httpcontext, httpexception, httprequest, httproute, httprouteplanner

The HttpRoutePlanner.java example source code

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package org.apache.http.conn.routing;

import org.apache.http.HttpException;
import org.apache.http.HttpHost;
import org.apache.http.HttpRequest;
import org.apache.http.protocol.HttpContext;

/**
 * Encapsulates logic to compute a {@link HttpRoute} to a target host.
 * Implementations may for example be based on parameters, or on the
 * standard Java system properties.
 * <p>
 * Implementations of this interface must be thread-safe. Access to shared
 * data must be synchronized as methods of this interface may be executed 
 * from multiple threads.
 *
 * @since 4.0
 */
public interface HttpRoutePlanner {
    
    /**
     * Determines the route for a request.
     *
     * @param target    the target host for the request.
     *                  Implementations may accept <code>null
     *                  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 to use for the subsequent execution.
     *                  Implementations may accept <code>null.
     *
     * @return  the route that the request should take
     *
     * @throws HttpException    in case of a problem
     */        
    public HttpRoute determineRoute(HttpHost target,
                                    HttpRequest request,
                                    HttpContext context) throws HttpException;
    
}