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XLT (Xceptance LoadTest) is an extensive load and performance test tool developed and maintained by Xceptance.

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/*
 * Copyright (c) 2002-2021 Gargoyle Software Inc.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 * https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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package com.gargoylesoftware.htmlunit;

import java.io.IOException;

/**
 * An object which handles the actual communication portion of page retrieval/submission.
 *
 * @author Mike Bowler
 * @author Daniel Gredler
 * @author Marc Guillemot
 * @author Ahmed Ashour
 */
public interface WebConnection extends AutoCloseable {

    /**
     * Submits a request and retrieves a response.
     * @param request the request
     * @return the response to the request defined by the specified request
     * @exception IOException if an IO error occurs
     */
    WebResponse getResponse(WebRequest request) throws IOException;

    @Override
    void close() throws IOException;
}