1 /* 2 * $HeadURL: http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpcomponents/httpclient/trunk/module-client/src/main/java/org/apache/http/conn/routing/HttpRoutePlanner.java $ 3 * $Revision: 613654 $ 4 * $Date: 2008-01-20 11:00:19 -0800 (Sun, 20 Jan 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 import org.apache.http.HttpException; 35 import org.apache.http.HttpHost; 36 import org.apache.http.HttpRequest; 37 import org.apache.http.protocol.HttpContext; 38 39 40 41 /** 42 * Encapsulates logic to compute a {@link HttpRoute} to a target host. 43 * Implementations may for example be based on parameters, or on the 44 * standard Java system properties. 45 */ 46 public interface HttpRoutePlanner { 47 48 /** 49 * Determines the route for a request. 50 * 51 * @param target the target host for the request. 52 * Implementations may accept <code>null</code> 53 * if they can still determine a route, for example 54 * to a default target or by inspecting the request. 55 * @param request the request to execute 56 * @param context the context to use for the subsequent execution. 57 * Implementations may accept <code>null</code>. 58 * 59 * @return the route that the request should take 60 * 61 * @throws HttpException in case of a problem 62 */ 63 public HttpRoute determineRoute(HttpHost target, 64 HttpRequest request, 65 HttpContext context) 66 throws HttpException 67 ; 68 69 } 70