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 * $Date: 2008-04-26 04:14:43 -0700 (Sat, 26 Apr 2008) $
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package org.apache.http.conn;

import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;

/**
 * Encapsulates a request for a {@link ManagedClientConnection}.
 */
public interface ClientConnectionRequest {
    
    /**
     * Obtains a connection within a given time.
     * This method will block until a connection becomes available,
     * the timeout expires, or the connection manager is
     * {@link ClientConnectionManager#shutdown() shut down}.
     * Timeouts are handled with millisecond precision.
     * 
     * If {@link #abortRequest()} is called while this is blocking or
     * before this began, an {@link InterruptedException} will
     * be thrown.
     * 
     * @param timeout   the timeout, 0 or negative for no timeout
     * @param tunit     the unit for the <code>timeout</code>,
     *                  may be <code>null</code> only if there is no timeout
     *
     * @return  a connection that can be used to communicate
     *          along the given route
     *
     * @throws ConnectionPoolTimeoutException
     *         in case of a timeout
     * @throws InterruptedException
     *         if the calling thread is interrupted while waiting
     */
    ManagedClientConnection getConnection(long timeout, TimeUnit tunit) 
        throws InterruptedException, ConnectionPoolTimeoutException;
    
    /**
     * Aborts the call to {@link #getConnection(long, TimeUnit)},
     * causing it to throw an {@link InterruptedException}.
     */
    void abortRequest();

}