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package org.apache.http.impl.client;

import java.io.IOException;

import org.apache.http.HttpEntity;
import org.apache.http.HttpResponse;
import org.apache.http.StatusLine;
import org.apache.http.client.ResponseHandler;
import org.apache.http.client.HttpResponseException;
import org.apache.http.util.EntityUtils;

/**
 * A {@link ResponseHandler} that returns the response body as a String
 * for successful (2xx) responses. If the response code was >= 300, the response
 * body is consumed and an {@link HttpResponseException} is thrown.
 * 
 * If this is used with
 * {@link org.apache.http.client.HttpClient#execute(
 *  org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpUriRequest, ResponseHandler),
 * HttpClient may handle redirects (3xx responses) internally.
 * 
 * @author <a href="mailto:oleg at ural.ru">Oleg Kalnichevski</a>
 * 
 * @version $Revision: 677240 $
 * 
 * @since 4.0
 */
public class BasicResponseHandler implements ResponseHandler<String> {

    /**
     * Returns the response body as a String if the response was successful (a
     * 2xx status code). If no response body exists, this returns null. If the
     * response was unsuccessful (>= 300 status code), throws an
     * {@link HttpResponseException}.
     */
    public String handleResponse(final HttpResponse response)
            throws HttpResponseException, IOException {
        StatusLine statusLine = response.getStatusLine();
        if (statusLine.getStatusCode() >= 300) {
            throw new HttpResponseException(statusLine.getStatusCode(),
                    statusLine.getReasonPhrase());
        }

        HttpEntity entity = response.getEntity();
        return entity == null ? null : EntityUtils.toString(entity);
    }

}