src/org/apache/http/protocol/HttpRequestInterceptorList.java

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package org.apache.http.protocol;

import java.util.List;

import org.apache.http.HttpRequestInterceptor;

/**
 * Provides access to an ordered list of request interceptors.
 * Lists are expected to be built upfront and used read-only afterwards
 * for {@link HttpProcessor processing}.
 *
 * @author <a href="mailto:rolandw at apache.org">Roland Weber</a>
 *
 * @version $Revision: 554903 $
 * 
 * @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 HttpRequestInterceptorList {

    /**
     * Appends a request interceptor to this list.
     *
     * @param itcp      the request interceptor to add
     */
    void addRequestInterceptor(HttpRequestInterceptor itcp)
        ;


    /**
     * Inserts a request interceptor at the specified index.
     *
     * @param itcp      the request interceptor to add
     * @param index     the index to insert the interceptor at
     */
    void addRequestInterceptor(HttpRequestInterceptor itcp, int index);
    
    
    /**
     * Obtains the current size of this list.
     *
     * @return  the number of request interceptors in this list
     */
    int getRequestInterceptorCount()
        ;


    /**
     * Obtains a request interceptor from this list.
     *
     * @param index     the index of the interceptor to obtain,
     *                  0 for first
     *
     * @return  the interceptor at the given index, or
     *          <code>null</code> if the index is out of range
     */
    HttpRequestInterceptor getRequestInterceptor(int index)
        ;


    /**
     * Removes all request interceptors from this list.
     */
    void clearRequestInterceptors()
        ;


    /**
     * Removes all request interceptor of the specified class
     *
     * @param clazz  the class of the instances to be removed.
     */
    void removeRequestInterceptorByClass(Class clazz);
    
    
    /**
     * Sets the request interceptors in this list.
     * This list will be cleared and re-initialized to contain
     * all request interceptors from the argument list.
     * If the argument list includes elements that are not request
     * interceptors, the behavior is implementation dependent.
     *
     * @param itcps     the list of request interceptors
     */
    void setInterceptors(List itcps)
        ;


} // interface HttpRequestInterceptorList