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package org.apache.http.impl.client;

import java.io.IOException;

import org.apache.http.HttpEntity;
import org.apache.http.HttpResponse;
import org.apache.http.annotation.Contract;
import org.apache.http.annotation.ThreadingBehavior;
import org.apache.http.client.HttpResponseException;
import org.apache.http.util.EntityUtils;

/**
 * A {@link org.apache.http.client.ResponseHandler} that returns the response body as a String
 * for successful (2xx) responses. If the response code was >= 300, the response
 * body is consumed and an {@link org.apache.http.client.HttpResponseException} is thrown.
 * 
 * If this is used with
 * {@link org.apache.http.client.HttpClient#execute(
 *  org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpUriRequest, org.apache.http.client.ResponseHandler)},
 * HttpClient may handle redirects (3xx responses) internally.
 * 
 *
 * @since 4.0
 */
@Contract(threading = ThreadingBehavior.IMMUTABLE)
public class BasicResponseHandler extends AbstractResponseHandler {

    /**
     * Returns the entity as a body as a String.
     */
    @Override
    public String handleEntity(final HttpEntity entity) throws IOException {
        return EntityUtils.toString(entity);
    }

    @Override
    public String handleResponse(
            final HttpResponse response) throws HttpResponseException, IOException {
        return super.handleResponse(response);
    }

}