src/org/apache/http/HttpResponseInterceptor.java

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package org.apache.http;

import java.io.IOException;

import org.apache.http.protocol.HttpContext;

/**
 * Processes a response.
 * Provides the ability to process a response before it is sent
 * to the client or after it has been received on the client side.
 *
 * @author <a href="mailto:oleg at ural.ru">Oleg Kalnichevski</a>
 *
 *
 * <!-- empty lines above to avoid 'svn diff' context problems -->
 * @version $Revision: 618367 $
 * 
 * @since 4.0
 */
public interface HttpResponseInterceptor {

    /**
     * Processes a response.
     * On the server side, this step is performed before the response is
     * sent to the client. On the client side, this step is performed
     * on incoming messages before the message body is evaluated.
     *
     * @param response  the response to postprocess
     * @param context   the context for the request
     *
     * @throws IOException      in case of an IO problem
     * @throws HttpException    in case of a protocol or other problem
     */
    void process(HttpResponse response, HttpContext context) 
        throws HttpException, IOException;

}