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package org.apache.http.client.methods;

import java.io.IOException;

import org.apache.http.client.HttpClient;
import org.apache.http.conn.ClientConnectionManager;
import org.apache.http.conn.ClientConnectionRequest;
import org.apache.http.conn.ConnectionReleaseTrigger;
import org.apache.http.conn.ManagedClientConnection;
import org.apache.http.impl.conn.tsccm.ThreadSafeClientConnManager;

/**
 * Interface representing an HTTP request that can be aborted by shutting 
 * down the underlying HTTP connection.
 *
 * @author Oleg Kalnichevski
 *
 * 
 * @version   $Revision: 639600 $
 *
 * @since 4.0
 */
public interface AbortableHttpRequest {

    /**
     * Sets the {@link ClientConnectionRequest} callback that can be
     * used to abort a long-lived request for a connection.
     * If the request is already aborted, throws an {@link IOException}.
     * 
     * @see ClientConnectionManager
     * @see ThreadSafeClientConnManager
     */
    void setConnectionRequest(ClientConnectionRequest connRequest) throws IOException;
    
    /**
     * Sets the {@link ConnectionReleaseTrigger} callback that can
     * be used to abort an active connection.
     * Typically, this will be the {@link ManagedClientConnection} itself.
     * If the request is already aborted, throws an {@link IOException}.
     */
    void setReleaseTrigger(ConnectionReleaseTrigger releaseTrigger) throws IOException;

    /**
     * Aborts this http request. Any active execution of this method should
     * return immediately. If the request has not started, it will abort after
     * the next execution. Aborting this request will cause all subsequent
     * executions with this request to fail.
     * 
     * @see HttpClient#execute(HttpUriRequest)
     * @see HttpClient#execute(org.apache.http.HttpHost,
     *      org.apache.http.HttpRequest)
     * @see HttpClient#execute(HttpUriRequest,
     *      org.apache.http.protocol.HttpContext)
     * @see HttpClient#execute(org.apache.http.HttpHost,
     *      org.apache.http.HttpRequest, org.apache.http.protocol.HttpContext)
     */
    void abort();

}