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      1 /*
      2  * $HeadURL: http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpcomponents/httpclient/trunk/module-client/src/main/java/org/apache/http/conn/ClientConnectionRequest.java $
      3  * $Revision: 651815 $
      4  * $Date: 2008-04-26 04:14:43 -0700 (Sat, 26 Apr 2008) $
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     31 
     32 package org.apache.http.conn;
     33 
     34 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
     35 
     36 /**
     37  * Encapsulates a request for a {@link ManagedClientConnection}.
     38  */
     39 public interface ClientConnectionRequest {
     40 
     41     /**
     42      * Obtains a connection within a given time.
     43      * This method will block until a connection becomes available,
     44      * the timeout expires, or the connection manager is
     45      * {@link ClientConnectionManager#shutdown() shut down}.
     46      * Timeouts are handled with millisecond precision.
     47      *
     48      * If {@link #abortRequest()} is called while this is blocking or
     49      * before this began, an {@link InterruptedException} will
     50      * be thrown.
     51      *
     52      * @param timeout   the timeout, 0 or negative for no timeout
     53      * @param tunit     the unit for the <code>timeout</code>,
     54      *                  may be <code>null</code> only if there is no timeout
     55      *
     56      * @return  a connection that can be used to communicate
     57      *          along the given route
     58      *
     59      * @throws ConnectionPoolTimeoutException
     60      *         in case of a timeout
     61      * @throws InterruptedException
     62      *         if the calling thread is interrupted while waiting
     63      */
     64     ManagedClientConnection getConnection(long timeout, TimeUnit tunit)
     65         throws InterruptedException, ConnectionPoolTimeoutException;
     66 
     67     /**
     68      * Aborts the call to {@link #getConnection(long, TimeUnit)},
     69      * causing it to throw an {@link InterruptedException}.
     70      */
     71     void abortRequest();
     72 
     73 }
     74