src/org/apache/http/HttpResponse.java

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package org.apache.http;


import java.util.Locale;


/**
 * An HTTP response.
 *
 * @author <a href="mailto:oleg at ural.ru">Oleg Kalnichevski</a>
 *
 * @version $Revision: 652956 $
 * 
 * @since 4.0
 */
public interface HttpResponse extends HttpMessage {

    /**
     * Obtains the status line of this response.
     * The status line can be set using one of the
     * {@link #setStatusLine setStatusLine} methods,
     * or it can be initialized in a constructor.
     *
     * @return  the status line, or <code>null</code> if not yet set
     */
    StatusLine getStatusLine();

    /**
     * Sets the status line of this response.
     *
     * @param statusline the status line of this response
     */
    void setStatusLine(StatusLine statusline);

    /**
     * Sets the status line of this response.
     * The reason phrase will be determined based on the current
     * {@link #getLocale locale}.
     *
     * @param ver       the HTTP version
     * @param code      the status code
     */
    void setStatusLine(ProtocolVersion ver, int code);

    /**
     * Sets the status line of this response with a reason phrase.
     *
     * @param ver       the HTTP version
     * @param code      the status code
     * @param reason    the reason phrase, or <code>null</code> to omit
     */
    void setStatusLine(ProtocolVersion ver, int code, String reason);
    
    /**
     * Updates the status line of this response with a new status code.
     * The status line can only be updated if it is available. It must
     * have been set either explicitly or in a constructor.
     * <br/>
     * The reason phrase will be updated according to the new status code,
     * based on the current {@link #getLocale locale}. It can be set
     * explicitly using {@link #setReasonPhrase setReasonPhrase}.
     * 
     * @param code the HTTP status code.
     *
     * @throws IllegalStateException
     *          if the status line has not be set
     *
     * @see HttpStatus
     * @see #setStatusLine(StatusLine)
     * @see #setStatusLine(ProtocolVersion,int)
     */
    void setStatusCode(int code)
        throws IllegalStateException;

    /**
     * Updates the status line of this response with a new reason phrase.
     * The status line can only be updated if it is available. It must
     * have been set either explicitly or in a constructor.
     *
     * @param reason    the new reason phrase as a single-line string, or
     *                  <code>null</code> to unset the reason phrase
     *
     * @throws IllegalStateException
     *          if the status line has not be set
     *
     * @see #setStatusLine(StatusLine)
     * @see #setStatusLine(ProtocolVersion,int)
     */
    void setReasonPhrase(String reason)
        throws IllegalStateException;

    /**
     * Obtains the message entity of this response, if any.
     * The entity is provided by calling {@link #setEntity setEntity}.
     *
     * @return  the response entity, or
     *          <code>null</code> if there is none
     */
    HttpEntity getEntity();
    
    /**
     * Associates a response entity with this response.
     *
     * @param entity    the entity to associate with this response, or
     *                  <code>null</code> to unset
     */
    void setEntity(HttpEntity entity);

    /**
     * Obtains the locale of this response.
     * The locale is used to determine the reason phrase
     * for the {@link #setStatusCode status code}.
     * It can be changed using {@link #setLocale setLocale}.
     *
     * @return  the locale of this response, never <code>null</code>
     */
    Locale getLocale();

    /**
     * Changes the locale of this response.
     * If there is a status line, it's reason phrase will be updated
     * according to the status code and new locale.
     *
     * @param loc       the new locale
     *
     * @see #getLocale getLocale
     * @see #setStatusCode setStatusCode
     */
    void setLocale(Locale loc);
}