src/org/apache/http/client/RedirectHandler.java

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package org.apache.http.client;

import java.net.URI;

import org.apache.http.HttpResponse;
import org.apache.http.ProtocolException;
import org.apache.http.protocol.HttpContext;

/**
 * A handler for determining if an HTTP request should be redirected to 
 * a new location in response to an HTTP response received from the target
 * server.
 * 
 * <p>
 * Classes implementing this interface must synchronize access to shared
 * data as methods of this interfrace may be executed from multiple threads 
 * </p>
 * 
 * @author <a href="mailto:oleg at ural.ru">Oleg Kalnichevski</a>
 */
public interface RedirectHandler {

    /**
     * Determines if a request should be redirected to a new location
     * given the response from the target server.
     * 
     * @param response the response received from the target server
     * @param context the context for the request execution
     * 
     * @return <code>true</code> if the request should be redirected, <code>false</code>
     * otherwise
     */
    boolean isRedirectRequested(HttpResponse response, HttpContext context);
    
    /**
     * Determines the location request is expected to be redirected to 
     * given the response from the target server and the current request
     * execution context.
     * 
     * @param response the response received from the target server
     * @param context the context for the request execution
     * 
     * @return redirect URI 
     */
    URI getLocationURI(HttpResponse response, HttpContext context)
            throws ProtocolException;

}