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      1 /*
      2  * $HeadURL: http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpcomponents/httpcore/trunk/module-main/src/main/java/org/apache/http/protocol/HttpExpectationVerifier.java $
      3  * $Revision: 613298 $
      4  * $Date: 2008-01-18 14:09:22 -0800 (Fri, 18 Jan 2008) $
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     31 
     32 package org.apache.http.protocol;
     33 
     34 import org.apache.http.HttpException;
     35 import org.apache.http.HttpRequest;
     36 import org.apache.http.HttpResponse;
     37 
     38 /**
     39  * Defines an interface to verify whether an incoming HTTP request meets
     40  * the target server's expectations.
     41  *<p>
     42  * The Expect request-header field is used to indicate that particular
     43  * server behaviors are required by the client.
     44  *</p>
     45  *<pre>
     46  *    Expect       =  "Expect" ":" 1#expectation
     47  *
     48  *    expectation  =  "100-continue" | expectation-extension
     49  *    expectation-extension =  token [ "=" ( token | quoted-string )
     50  *                             *expect-params ]
     51  *    expect-params =  ";" token [ "=" ( token | quoted-string ) ]
     52  *</pre>
     53  *<p>
     54  * A server that does not understand or is unable to comply with any of
     55  * the expectation values in the Expect field of a request MUST respond
     56  * with appropriate error status. The server MUST respond with a 417
     57  * (Expectation Failed) status if any of the expectations cannot be met
     58  * or, if there are other problems with the request, some other 4xx
     59  * status.
     60  *</p>
     61  *
     62  * @author <a href="mailto:oleg at ural.ru">Oleg Kalnichevski</a>
     63  *
     64  * @version $Revision: 613298 $
     65  *
     66  * @since 4.0
     67  */
     68 public interface HttpExpectationVerifier {
     69 
     70     void verify(HttpRequest request, HttpResponse response, HttpContext context)
     71             throws HttpException;
     72 
     73 }
     74