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package org.apache.http;

import java.io.IOException;

import org.apache.http.protocol.HttpContext;


/**
 * Processes a request.
 * Provides the ability to process a request before it is sent
 * to the server or after it has received on the server side.
 *
 * @author <a href="mailto:oleg at ural.ru">Oleg Kalnichevski</a>
 *
 *
 * <!-- empty lines above to avoid 'svn diff' context problems -->
 * @version $Revision: 618367 $
 * 
 * @since 4.0
 *
 * @deprecated Please use {@link java.net.URL#openConnection} instead.
 *     Please visit <a href="http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2011/09/androids-http-clients.html">this webpage</a>
 *     for further details.
 */
@Deprecated
public interface HttpRequestInterceptor {

    /**
     * Processes a request.
     * On the client side, this step is performed before the request is
     * sent to the server. On the server side, this step is performed
     * on incoming messages before the message body is evaluated.
     *
     * @param request   the request to preprocess
     * @param context   the context for the request
     *
     * @throws IOException      in case of an IO problem
     * @throws HttpException    in case of a protocol or other problem
     */
    void process(HttpRequest request, HttpContext context) 
        throws HttpException, IOException;
    
}