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package org.apache.http.conn.routing;
/**
* Provides directions on establishing a route.
* Implementations of this interface compare a planned route with
* a tracked route and indicate the next step required.
*
* @since 4.0
*/
public interface HttpRouteDirector {
/** Indicates that the route can not be established at all. */
public final static int UNREACHABLE = -1;
/** Indicates that the route is complete. */
public final static int COMPLETE = 0;
/** Step: open connection to target. */
public final static int CONNECT_TARGET = 1;
/** Step: open connection to proxy. */
public final static int CONNECT_PROXY = 2;
/** Step: tunnel through proxy to target. */
public final static int TUNNEL_TARGET = 3;
/** Step: tunnel through proxy to other proxy. */
public final static int TUNNEL_PROXY = 4;
/** Step: layer protocol (over tunnel). */
public final static int LAYER_PROTOCOL = 5;
/**
* Provides the next step.
*
* @param plan the planned route
* @param fact the currently established route, or
* {@code null} if nothing is established
*
* @return one of the constants defined in this interface, indicating
* either the next step to perform, or success, or failure.
* 0 is for success, a negative value for failure.
*/
public int nextStep(RouteInfo plan, RouteInfo fact);
}