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+/*
+ * $HeadURL: http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpcomponents/httpclient/trunk/module-client/src/main/java/org/apache/http/conn/routing/RouteInfo.java $
+ * $Revision: 652200 $
+ * $Date: 2008-04-29 17:22:43 -0700 (Tue, 29 Apr 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 java.net.InetAddress;
+
+import org.apache.http.HttpHost;
+
+
+/**
+ * Read-only interface for route information.
+ *
+ * @author <a href="mailto:rolandw at apache.org">Roland Weber</a>
+ *
+ *
+ * <!-- empty lines to avoid svn diff problems -->
+ * @version $Revision: 652200 $
+ *
+ * @since 4.0
+ */
+public interface RouteInfo {
+
+ /**
+ * The tunnelling type of a route.
+ * Plain routes are established by connecting to the target or
+ * the first proxy.
+ * Tunnelled routes are established by connecting to the first proxy
+ * and tunnelling through all proxies to the target.
+ * Routes without a proxy cannot be tunnelled.
+ */
+ public enum TunnelType { PLAIN, TUNNELLED }
+
+ /**
+ * The layering type of a route.
+ * Plain routes are established by connecting or tunnelling.
+ * Layered routes are established by layering a protocol such as TLS/SSL
+ * over an existing connection.
+ * Protocols can only be layered over a tunnel to the target, or
+ * or over a direct connection without proxies.
+ * <br/>
+ * Layering a protocol
+ * over a direct connection makes little sense, since the connection
+ * could be established with the new protocol in the first place.
+ * But we don't want to exclude that use case.
+ */
+ public enum LayerType { PLAIN, LAYERED }
+
+
+
+ /**
+ * Obtains the target host.
+ *
+ * @return the target host
+ */
+ HttpHost getTargetHost()
+ ;
+
+
+ /**
+ * Obtains the local address to connect from.
+ *
+ * @return the local address,
+ * or <code>null</code>
+ */
+ InetAddress getLocalAddress()
+ ;
+
+
+ /**
+ * Obtains the number of hops in this route.
+ * A direct route has one hop. A route through a proxy has two hops.
+ * A route through a chain of <i>n</i> proxies has <i>n+1</i> hops.
+ *
+ * @return the number of hops in this route
+ */
+ int getHopCount()
+ ;
+
+
+ /**
+ * Obtains the target of a hop in this route.
+ * The target of the last hop is the {@link #getTargetHost target host},
+ * the target of previous hops is the respective proxy in the chain.
+ * For a route through exactly one proxy, target of hop 0 is the proxy
+ * and target of hop 1 is the target host.
+ *
+ * @param hop index of the hop for which to get the target,
+ * 0 for first
+ *
+ * @return the target of the given hop
+ *
+ * @throws IllegalArgumentException
+ * if the argument is negative or not less than
+ * {@link #getHopCount getHopCount()}
+ */
+ HttpHost getHopTarget(int hop)
+ ;
+
+
+ /**
+ * Obtains the first proxy host.
+ *
+ * @return the first proxy in the proxy chain, or
+ * <code>null</code> if this route is direct
+ */
+ HttpHost getProxyHost()
+ ;
+
+
+ /**
+ * Obtains the tunnel type of this route.
+ * If there is a proxy chain, only end-to-end tunnels are considered.
+ *
+ * @return the tunnelling type
+ */
+ TunnelType getTunnelType()
+ ;
+
+
+ /**
+ * Checks whether this route is tunnelled through a proxy.
+ * If there is a proxy chain, only end-to-end tunnels are considered.
+ *
+ * @return <code>true</code> if tunnelled end-to-end through at least
+ * one proxy,
+ * <code>false</code> otherwise
+ */
+ boolean isTunnelled()
+ ;
+
+
+ /**
+ * Obtains the layering type of this route.
+ * In the presence of proxies, only layering over an end-to-end tunnel
+ * is considered.
+ *
+ * @return the layering type
+ */
+ LayerType getLayerType()
+ ;
+
+
+ /**
+ * Checks whether this route includes a layered protocol.
+ * In the presence of proxies, only layering over an end-to-end tunnel
+ * is considered.
+ *
+ * @return <code>true</code> if layered,
+ * <code>false</code> otherwise
+ */
+ boolean isLayered()
+ ;
+
+
+ /**
+ * Checks whether this route is secure.
+ *
+ * @return <code>true</code> if secure,
+ * <code>false</code> otherwise
+ */
+ boolean isSecure()
+ ;
+
+
+} // interface RouteInfo