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package org.apache.http;
import java.io.IOException;
import org.apache.http.protocol.HttpContext;
/**
* Processes a request.
* Provides the ability to process a request before it is sent
* to the server or after it has received on the server side.
*
* @author Oleg Kalnichevski
*
*
*
* @version $Revision: 618367 $
*
* @since 4.0
*/
public interface HttpRequestInterceptor {
/**
* Processes a request.
* On the client side, this step is performed before the request is
* sent to the server. On the server side, this step is performed
* on incoming messages before the message body is evaluated.
*
* @param request the request to preprocess
* @param context the context for the request
*
* @throws IOException in case of an IO problem
* @throws HttpException in case of a protocol or other problem
*/
void process(HttpRequest request, HttpContext context)
throws HttpException, IOException;
}