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package org.apache.http.conn.routing;
import org.apache.http.HttpException;
import org.apache.http.HttpHost;
import org.apache.http.HttpRequest;
import org.apache.http.protocol.HttpContext;
/**
* Encapsulates logic to compute a {@link HttpRoute} to a target host.
* Implementations may for example be based on parameters, or on the
* standard Java system properties.
*
* 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 HttpRoutePlanner {
/**
* Determines the route for a request.
*
* @param target the target host for the request.
* Implementations may accept {@code null}
* if they can still determine a route, for example
* to a default target or by inspecting the request.
* @param request the request to execute
* @param context the context to use for the subsequent execution.
* Implementations may accept {@code null}.
*
* @return the route that the request should take
*
* @throws HttpException in case of a problem
*/
public HttpRoute determineRoute(HttpHost target,
HttpRequest request,
HttpContext context) throws HttpException;
}