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27
28 package org.apache.http.nio;
29
30 import java.io.IOException;
31
32 import org.apache.http.HttpException;
33 import org.apache.http.HttpRequest;
34
35 /**
36 * Abstract non-blocking client-side HTTP connection interface. It can be used
37 * to submit HTTP requests and asynchronously receive HTTP responses.
38 *
39 * @see NHttpConnection
40 *
41 * @since 4.0
42 */
43 public interface NHttpClientConnection extends NHttpConnection {
44
45 /**
46 * Submits {@link HttpRequest} to be sent to the target server.
47 *
48 * @param request HTTP request
49 * @throws IOException if I/O error occurs while submitting the request
50 * @throws HttpException if the HTTP request violates the HTTP protocol.
51 */
52 void submitRequest(HttpRequest request) throws IOException, HttpException;
53
54 /**
55 * Returns {@code true} if an HTTP request has been submitted to the
56 * target server.
57 *
58 * @return {@code true} if an HTTP request has been submitted,
59 * {@code false} otherwise.
60 */
61 boolean isRequestSubmitted();
62
63 /**
64 * Resets output state. This method can be used to prematurely terminate
65 * processing of the outgoing HTTP request.
66 */
67 void resetOutput();
68
69 /**
70 * Resets input state. This method can be used to prematurely terminate
71 * processing of the incoming HTTP response.
72 */
73 void resetInput();
74
75 }