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package org.apache.http.protocol;

import java.io.IOException;

import org.apache.http.HttpException;
import org.apache.http.HttpRequest;
import org.apache.http.HttpEntityEnclosingRequest;
import org.apache.http.HttpRequestInterceptor;

/**
 * A request interceptor that adds a Date header.
 * For use on the client side.
 *
 * @author <a href="mailto:oleg at ural.ru">Oleg Kalnichevski</a>
 *
 * @version $Revision: 555989 $
 * 
 * @since 4.0
 */
public class RequestDate implements HttpRequestInterceptor {

    private static final HttpDateGenerator DATE_GENERATOR = new HttpDateGenerator(); 
    
    public RequestDate() {
        super();
    }

    public void process(final HttpRequest request, final HttpContext context) 
            throws HttpException, IOException {
        if (request == null) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException
                ("HTTP request may not be null.");
        }
        if ((request instanceof HttpEntityEnclosingRequest) &&
            !request.containsHeader(HTTP.DATE_HEADER)) {
            String httpdate = DATE_GENERATOR.getCurrentDate();
            request.setHeader(HTTP.DATE_HEADER, httpdate); 
        }
    }
    
}