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package org.apache.http.client;

import java.io.IOException;

import org.apache.http.HttpResponse;

/**
 * Handler that encapsulates the process of generating a response object 
 * from a {@link HttpResponse}.
 * 
 * @author <a href="mailto:oleg at ural.ru">Oleg Kalnichevski</a>
 * 
 * @since 4.0
 */
public interface ResponseHandler<T> {

    /**
     * Processes an {@link HttpResponse} and returns some value
     * corresponding to that response.
     * 
     * @param response The response to process
     * @return A value determined by the response
     * 
     * @throws ClientProtocolException in case of an http protocol error
     * @throws IOException in case of a problem or the connection was aborted
     */
    T handleResponse(HttpResponse response) throws ClientProtocolException, IOException;
    
}