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package org.apache.http;

import org.apache.http.protocol.HttpContext;


/**
 * A factory for {@link HttpResponse HttpResponse} objects.
 *
 * @author <a href="mailto:oleg at ural.ru">Oleg Kalnichevski</a>
 *
 * @version $Revision: 573864 $
 * 
 * @since 4.0
 */
public interface HttpResponseFactory {

    /**
     * Creates a new response from status line elements.
     *
     * @param ver       the protocol version
     * @param status    the status code
     * @param context   the context from which to determine the locale
     *                  for looking up a reason phrase to the status code, or
     *                  <code>null</code> to use the default locale
     *
     * @return  the new response with an initialized status line
     */    
    HttpResponse newHttpResponse(ProtocolVersion ver, int status,
                                 HttpContext context);
    
    /**
     * Creates a new response from a status line.
     *
     * @param statusline the status line
     * @param context    the context from which to determine the locale
     *                   for looking up a reason phrase if the status code
     *                   is updated, or
     *                   <code>null</code> to use the default locale
     *
     * @return  the new response with the argument status line
     */    
    HttpResponse newHttpResponse(StatusLine statusline,
                                 HttpContext context);
    
}