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package org.apache.http.entity;

import org.apache.http.HttpException;
import org.apache.http.HttpMessage;

/**
 * Represents a strategy to determine length of the enclosed content entity
 * based on properties of the HTTP message.
 *
 * @since 4.0
 */
public interface ContentLengthStrategy {

    int IDENTITY         = -1;
    int CHUNKED          = -2;

    /**
     * Returns length of the given message in bytes. The returned value
     * must be a non-negative number, {@link #IDENTITY} if the end of the
     * message will be delimited by the end of connection, or {@link #CHUNKED}
     * if the message is chunk coded
     *
     * @param message HTTP message
     * @return content length, {@link #IDENTITY}, or {@link #CHUNKED}
     *
     * @throws HttpException in case of HTTP protocol violation
     */
    long determineLength(HttpMessage message) throws HttpException;

}




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