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package org.apache.http.conn;

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

/**
 * Interface for deciding how long a connection can remain
 * idle before being reused.
 * 
 * Implementations of this interface must be thread-safe. Access to shared
 * data must be synchronized as methods of this interface may be executed
 * from multiple threads.
 *
 * @since 4.0
 */
public interface ConnectionKeepAliveStrategy {

    /**
     * Returns the duration of time which this connection can be safely kept
     * idle. If the connection is left idle for longer than this period of time,
     * it MUST not reused. A value of 0 or less may be returned to indicate that
     * there is no suitable suggestion.
     *
     * When coupled with a {@link org.apache.http.ConnectionReuseStrategy}, if
     * {@link org.apache.http.ConnectionReuseStrategy#keepAlive(
     *   HttpResponse, HttpContext)} returns true, this allows you to control
     * how long the reuse will last. If keepAlive returns false, this should
     * have no meaningful impact
     *
     * @param response
     *            The last response received over the connection.
     * @param context
     *            the context in which the connection is being used.
     *
     * @return the duration in ms for which it is safe to keep the connection
     *         idle, or <=0 if no suggested duration.
     */
    long getKeepAliveDuration(HttpResponse response, HttpContext context);

}