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+/*
+ * $HeadURL: http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpcomponents/httpclient/trunk/module-client/src/main/java/org/apache/http/conn/ConnectionReleaseTrigger.java $
+ * $Revision: 672367 $
+ * $Date: 2008-06-27 12:49:20 -0700 (Fri, 27 Jun 2008) $
+ *
+ * ====================================================================
+ *
+ *  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.conn;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+
+/**
+ * Interface for releasing a connection.
+ * This can be implemented by various "trigger" objects which are
+ * associated with a connection, for example
+ * a {@link EofSensorInputStream stream}
+ * or an {@link BasicManagedEntity entity}
+ * or the {@link ManagedClientConnection connection} itself.
+ * <br/>
+ * The methods in this interface can safely be called multiple times.
+ * The first invocation releases the connection, subsequent calls
+ * are ignored.
+ *
+ * @author <a href="mailto:rolandw at apache.org">Roland Weber</a>
+ *
+ *
+ * <!-- empty lines to avoid svn diff problems -->
+ * @version $Revision: 672367 $
+ *
+ * @since 4.0
+ */
+public interface ConnectionReleaseTrigger {
+
+    /**
+     * Releases the connection with the option of keep-alive. This is a
+     * "graceful" release and may cause IO operations for consuming the
+     * remainder of a response entity. Use
+     * {@link #abortConnection abortConnection} for a hard release. The
+     * connection may be reused as specified by the duration.
+     * 
+     * @throws IOException
+     *             in case of an IO problem. The connection will be released
+     *             anyway.
+     */
+    void releaseConnection()
+        throws IOException
+        ;
+
+    /**
+     * Releases the connection without the option of keep-alive.
+     * This is a "hard" release that implies a shutdown of the connection.
+     * Use {@link #releaseConnection releaseConnection} for a graceful release.
+     *
+     * @throws IOException      in case of an IO problem.
+     *         The connection will be released anyway.
+     */
+    void abortConnection()
+        throws IOException
+        ;
+
+
+} // interface ConnectionReleaseTrigger