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package org.apache.http.protocol;

import org.apache.http.HttpException;
import org.apache.http.HttpRequest;
import org.apache.http.HttpResponse;

/**
 * Defines an interface to verify whether an incoming HTTP request meets 
 * the target server's expectations. 
 *<p>
 * The Expect request-header field is used to indicate that particular
 * server behaviors are required by the client.
 *</p>
 *<pre>
 *    Expect       =  "Expect" ":" 1#expectation
 *
 *    expectation  =  "100-continue" | expectation-extension
 *    expectation-extension =  token [ "=" ( token | quoted-string )
 *                             *expect-params ]
 *    expect-params =  ";" token [ "=" ( token | quoted-string ) ]
 *</pre>
 *<p>
 * A server that does not understand or is unable to comply with any of
 * the expectation values in the Expect field of a request MUST respond
 * with appropriate error status. The server MUST respond with a 417
 * (Expectation Failed) status if any of the expectations cannot be met
 * or, if there are other problems with the request, some other 4xx
 * status.
 *</p>
 *
 * @author <a href="mailto:oleg at ural.ru">Oleg Kalnichevski</a>
 *
 * @version $Revision: 613298 $
 * 
 * @since 4.0
 */
public interface HttpExpectationVerifier {

    void verify(HttpRequest request, HttpResponse response, HttpContext context)
            throws HttpException;
    
}