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package org.apache.http.conn;

import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;

import org.apache.http.HttpClientConnection;
import org.apache.http.concurrent.Cancellable;

/**
 * Represents a request for a {@link HttpClientConnection} whose life cycle
 * is managed by a connection manager.
 *
 * @since 4.3
 */
public interface ConnectionRequest extends Cancellable {

    /**
     * Obtains a connection within a given time.
     * This method will block until a connection becomes available,
     * the timeout expires, or the connection manager is shut down.
     * Timeouts are handled with millisecond precision.
     *
     * If {@link #cancel()} is called while this is blocking or
     * before this began, an {@link InterruptedException} will
     * be thrown.
     *
     * @param timeout   the timeout, 0 or negative for no timeout
     * @param timeUnit     the unit for the {@code timeout},
     *                  may be {@code null} only if there is no timeout
     *
     * @return  a connection that can be used to communicate
     *          along the given route
     *
     * @throws ConnectionPoolTimeoutException
     *         in case of a timeout
     * @throws InterruptedException
     *         if the calling thread is interrupted while waiting
     */
    HttpClientConnection get(long timeout, TimeUnit timeUnit)
        throws InterruptedException, ExecutionException, ConnectionPoolTimeoutException;

}