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package com.pdd.pop.ext.apache.http.protocol;

import java.io.IOException;

import com.pdd.pop.ext.apache.http.HttpException;
import com.pdd.pop.ext.apache.http.HttpRequest;
import com.pdd.pop.ext.apache.http.HttpResponse;

/**
 * HttpRequestHandler represents a routine for processing of a specific group
 * of HTTP requests. Protocol handlers are designed to take care of protocol
 * specific aspects, whereas individual request handlers are expected to take
 * care of application specific HTTP processing. The main purpose of a request
 * handler is to generate a response object with a content entity to be sent
 * back to the client in response to the given request
 *
 * @since 4.0
 */
public interface HttpRequestHandler {

    /**
     * Handles the request and produces a response to be sent back to
     * the client.
     *
     * @param request the HTTP request.
     * @param response the HTTP response.
     * @param context the HTTP execution context.
     * @throws IOException in case of an I/O error.
     * @throws HttpException in case of HTTP protocol violation or a processing
     *   problem.
     */
    void handle(HttpRequest request, HttpResponse response, HttpContext context)
            throws HttpException, IOException;

}