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package org.apache.http.protocol;

import java.io.IOException;

import org.apache.http.HttpException;
import org.apache.http.HttpRequest;
import org.apache.http.HttpRequestInterceptor;

/**
 * A request interceptor that suggests connection keep-alive to the server.
 *
 * @author <a href="mailto:oleg at ural.ru">Oleg Kalnichevski</a>
 *
 * @version $Revision: 496070 $
 * 
 * @since 4.0
 */
public class RequestConnControl implements HttpRequestInterceptor {

    public RequestConnControl() {
        super();
    }
    
    public void process(final HttpRequest request, final HttpContext context) 
            throws HttpException, IOException {
        if (request == null) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("HTTP request may not be null");
        }
        if (!request.containsHeader(HTTP.CONN_DIRECTIVE)) {
            // Default policy is to keep connection alive
            // whenever possible
            request.addHeader(HTTP.CONN_DIRECTIVE, HTTP.CONN_KEEP_ALIVE);
        }
    }
    
}