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package org.apache.http;

import java.io.IOException;

import org.apache.http.protocol.HttpContext;

/**
 * HTTP protocol interceptor is a routine that implements a specific aspect of
 * the HTTP protocol. Usually protocol interceptors are expected to act upon
 * one specific header or a group of related headers of the incoming message
 * or populate the outgoing message with one specific header or a group of
 * related headers. Protocol
 * 

* Interceptors can also manipulate content entities enclosed with messages. * Usually this is accomplished by using the 'Decorator' pattern where a wrapper * entity class is used to decorate the original entity. *

* Protocol interceptors must be implemented as thread-safe. Similarly to * servlets, protocol interceptors should not use instance variables unless * access to those variables is synchronized. * * @since 4.0 */ public interface HttpResponseInterceptor { /** * Processes a response. * On the server side, this step is performed before the response is * sent to the client. On the client side, this step is performed * on incoming messages before the message body is evaluated. * * @param response the response to postprocess * @param context the context for the request * * @throws HttpException in case of an HTTP protocol violation * @throws IOException in case of an I/O error */ void process(HttpResponse response, HttpContext context) throws HttpException, IOException; }





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