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+/*
+ * $HeadURL: http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpcomponents/httpclient/trunk/module-client/src/main/java/org/apache/http/client/RedirectHandler.java $
+ * $Revision: 538647 $
+ * $Date: 2007-05-16 09:41:42 -0700 (Wed, 16 May 2007) $
+ *
+ * ====================================================================
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ * ====================================================================
+ *
+ * This software consists of voluntary contributions made by many
+ * individuals on behalf of the Apache Software Foundation.  For more
+ * information on the Apache Software Foundation, please see
+ * <http://www.apache.org/>.
+ *
+ */
+
+package org.apache.http.client;
+
+import java.net.URI;
+
+import org.apache.http.HttpResponse;
+import org.apache.http.ProtocolException;
+import org.apache.http.protocol.HttpContext;
+
+/**
+ * A handler for determining if an HTTP request should be redirected to 
+ * a new location in response to an HTTP response received from the target
+ * server.
+ * 
+ * <p>
+ * Classes implementing this interface must synchronize access to shared
+ * data as methods of this interfrace may be executed from multiple threads 
+ * </p>
+ * 
+ * @author <a href="mailto:oleg at ural.ru">Oleg Kalnichevski</a>
+ */
+public interface RedirectHandler {
+
+    /**
+     * Determines if a request should be redirected to a new location
+     * given the response from the target server.
+     * 
+     * @param response the response received from the target server
+     * @param context the context for the request execution
+     * 
+     * @return <code>true</code> if the request should be redirected, <code>false</code>
+     * otherwise
+     */
+    boolean isRedirectRequested(HttpResponse response, HttpContext context);
+    
+    /**
+     * Determines the location request is expected to be redirected to 
+     * given the response from the target server and the current request
+     * execution context.
+     * 
+     * @param response the response received from the target server
+     * @param context the context for the request execution
+     * 
+     * @return redirect URI 
+     */
+    URI getLocationURI(HttpResponse response, HttpContext context)
+            throws ProtocolException;
+
+}