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26
27 package org.apache.http.client;
28
29 import java.io.IOException;
30
31 import org.apache.http.HttpResponse;
32
33 /**
34 * Handler that encapsulates the process of generating a response object
35 * from a {@link HttpResponse}.
36 *
37 *
38 * @since 4.0
39 */
40 public interface ResponseHandler<T> {
41
42 /**
43 * Processes an {@link HttpResponse} and returns some value
44 * corresponding to that response.
45 *
46 * @param response The response to process
47 * @return A value determined by the response
48 *
49 * @throws ClientProtocolException in case of an http protocol error
50 * @throws IOException in case of a problem or the connection was aborted
51 */
52 T handleResponse(HttpResponse response) throws ClientProtocolException, IOException;
53
54 }