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/*
 * $HeadURL: http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpcomponents/httpcore/trunk/module-main/src/main/java/org/apache/http/message/LineFormatter.java $
 * $Revision: 573864 $
 * $Date: 2007-09-08 08:53:25 -0700 (Sat, 08 Sep 2007) $
 *
 * ====================================================================
 * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
 * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
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 * ====================================================================
 *
 * This software consists of voluntary contributions made by many
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 */

package org.apache.http.message;


import org.apache.http.ProtocolVersion;
import org.apache.http.RequestLine;
import org.apache.http.StatusLine;
import org.apache.http.Header;
import org.apache.http.util.CharArrayBuffer;


/**
 * Interface for formatting elements of the HEAD section of an HTTP message.
 * This is the complement to {@link LineParser}.
 * There are individual methods for formatting a request line, a
 * status line, or a header line. The formatting does <i>not</i> include the
 * trailing line break sequence CR-LF.
 * Instances of this interface are expected to be stateless and thread-safe.
 *
 * <p>
 * The formatted lines are returned in memory, the formatter does not depend
 * on any specific IO mechanism.
 * In order to avoid unnecessary creation of temporary objects,
 * a buffer can be passed as argument to all formatting methods.
 * The implementation may or may not actually use that buffer for formatting.
 * If it is used, the buffer will first be cleared by the
 * <code>formatXXX</code> methods.
 * The argument buffer can always be re-used after the call. The buffer
 * returned as the result, if it is different from the argument buffer,
 * MUST NOT be modified.
 * </p>
 *
 *
 * @author <a href="mailto:rolandw AT apache.org">Roland Weber</a>
 *
 *
 * <!-- empty lines above to avoid 'svn diff' context problems -->
 * @version $Revision: 573864 $ $Date: 2007-09-08 08:53:25 -0700 (Sat, 08 Sep 2007) $
 *
 * @since 4.0
 */
public interface LineFormatter {



    /**
     * Formats a protocol version.
     * This method does <i>not</i> follow the general contract for
     * <code>buffer</code> arguments.
     * It does <i>not</i> clear the argument buffer, but appends instead.
     * The returned buffer can always be modified by the caller.
     * Because of these differing conventions, it is not named
     * <code>formatProtocolVersion</code>.
     *
     * @param buffer    a buffer to which to append, or <code>null</code>
     * @param version   the protocol version to format
     *
     * @return  a buffer with the formatted protocol version appended.
     *          The caller is allowed to modify the result buffer.
     *          If the <code>buffer</code> argument is not <code>null</code>,
     *          the returned buffer is the argument buffer.
     */
    CharArrayBuffer appendProtocolVersion(CharArrayBuffer buffer,
                                          ProtocolVersion version)
        ;


    /**
     * Formats a request line.
     *
     * @param buffer    a buffer available for formatting, or
     *                  <code>null</code>.
     *                  The buffer will be cleared before use.
     * @param reqline   the request line to format
     *
     * @return  the formatted request line
     */
    CharArrayBuffer formatRequestLine(CharArrayBuffer buffer,
                                      RequestLine reqline) 
        ;


    /**
     * Formats a status line.
     *
     * @param buffer    a buffer available for formatting, or
     *                  <code>null</code>.
     *                  The buffer will be cleared before use.
     * @param statline  the status line to format
     *
     * @return  the formatted status line
     *
     * @throws ParseException        in case of a parse error
     */
    CharArrayBuffer formatStatusLine(CharArrayBuffer buffer,
                                     StatusLine statline) 
        ;


    /**
     * Formats a header.
     * Due to header continuation, the result may be multiple lines.
     * In order to generate well-formed HTTP, the lines in the result
     * must be separated by the HTTP line break sequence CR-LF.
     * There is <i>no</i> trailing CR-LF in the result.
     * <br/>
     * See the class comment for details about the buffer argument.
     *
     * @param buffer    a buffer available for formatting, or
     *                  <code>null</code>.
     *                  The buffer will be cleared before use.
     * @param header    the header to format
     *
     * @return  a buffer holding the formatted header, never <code>null</code>.
     *          The returned buffer may be different from the argument buffer.
     *
     * @throws ParseException        in case of a parse error
     */
    CharArrayBuffer formatHeader(CharArrayBuffer buffer,
                                 Header header)
        ;

}