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+/*
+ * $HeadURL: http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpcomponents/httpclient/trunk/module-client/src/main/java/org/apache/http/conn/routing/HttpRoutePlanner.java $
+ * $Revision: 613654 $
+ * $Date: 2008-01-20 11:00:19 -0800 (Sun, 20 Jan 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.routing;
+
+import org.apache.http.HttpException;
+import org.apache.http.HttpHost;
+import org.apache.http.HttpRequest;
+import org.apache.http.protocol.HttpContext;
+
+
+
+/**
+ * Encapsulates logic to compute a {@link HttpRoute} to a target host.
+ * Implementations may for example be based on parameters, or on the
+ * standard Java system properties.
+ */
+public interface HttpRoutePlanner {
+    
+    /**
+     * Determines the route for a request.
+     *
+     * @param target    the target host for the request.
+     *                  Implementations may accept <code>null</code>
+     *                  if they can still determine a route, for example
+     *                  to a default target or by inspecting the request.
+     * @param request   the request to execute
+     * @param context   the context to use for the subsequent execution.
+     *                  Implementations may accept <code>null</code>.
+     *
+     * @return  the route that the request should take
+     *
+     * @throws HttpException    in case of a problem
+     */        
+    public HttpRoute determineRoute(HttpHost target,
+                                    HttpRequest request,
+                                    HttpContext context)
+        throws HttpException
+        ;
+    
+}