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* $Date: 2008-07-16 04:25:47 -0700 (Wed, 16 Jul 2008) $
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package org.apache.http.client;
import java.io.IOException;
import org.apache.http.HttpResponse;
/**
* Handler that encapsulates the process of generating a response object
* from a {@link HttpResponse}.
*
* @author <a href="mailto:oleg at ural.ru">Oleg Kalnichevski</a>
*
* @since 4.0
*/
public interface ResponseHandler<T> {
/**
* Processes an {@link HttpResponse} and returns some value
* corresponding to that response.
*
* @param response The response to process
* @return A value determined by the response
*
* @throws ClientProtocolException in case of an http protocol error
* @throws IOException in case of a problem or the connection was aborted
*/
T handleResponse(HttpResponse response) throws ClientProtocolException, IOException;
}