1 /* 2 * $HeadURL: http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpcomponents/httpclient/trunk/module-client/src/main/java/org/apache/http/conn/routing/HttpRouteDirector.java $ 3 * $Revision: 620255 $ 4 * $Date: 2008-02-10 02:23:55 -0800 (Sun, 10 Feb 2008) $ 5 * 6 * ==================================================================== 7 * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one 8 * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file 9 * distributed with this work for additional information 10 * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file 11 * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the 12 * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance 13 * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at 14 * 15 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 16 * 17 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, 18 * software distributed under the License is distributed on an 19 * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY 20 * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the 21 * specific language governing permissions and limitations 22 * under the License. 23 * ==================================================================== 24 * 25 * This software consists of voluntary contributions made by many 26 * individuals on behalf of the Apache Software Foundation. For more 27 * information on the Apache Software Foundation, please see 28 * <http://www.apache.org/>. 29 * 30 */ 31 32 package org.apache.http.conn.routing; 33 34 35 36 /** 37 * Provides directions on establishing a route. 38 * Implementations of this interface compare a planned route with 39 * a tracked route and indicate the next step required. 40 * 41 * @author <a href="mailto:rolandw at apache.org">Roland Weber</a> 42 * 43 * 44 * <!-- empty lines to avoid svn diff problems --> 45 * @version $Revision: 620255 $ 46 * 47 * @since 4.0 48 */ 49 public interface HttpRouteDirector { 50 51 /** Indicates that the route can not be established at all. */ 52 public final static int UNREACHABLE = -1; 53 54 /** Indicates that the route is complete. */ 55 public final static int COMPLETE = 0; 56 57 /** Step: open connection to target. */ 58 public final static int CONNECT_TARGET = 1; 59 60 /** Step: open connection to proxy. */ 61 public final static int CONNECT_PROXY = 2; 62 63 /** Step: tunnel through proxy to target. */ 64 public final static int TUNNEL_TARGET = 3; 65 66 /** Step: tunnel through proxy to other proxy. */ 67 public final static int TUNNEL_PROXY = 4; 68 69 /** Step: layer protocol (over tunnel). */ 70 public final static int LAYER_PROTOCOL = 5; 71 72 73 /** 74 * Provides the next step. 75 * 76 * @param plan the planned route 77 * @param fact the currently established route, or 78 * <code>null</code> if nothing is established 79 * 80 * @return one of the constants defined in this interface, indicating 81 * either the next step to perform, or success, or failure. 82 * 0 is for success, a negative value for failure. 83 */ 84 public int nextStep(RouteInfo plan, RouteInfo fact) 85 ; 86 87 88 } // interface HttpRouteDirector 89
