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package org.apache.http.conn;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.InetAddress;

import org.apache.http.HttpHost;
import org.apache.http.conn.scheme.SocketFactory;
import org.apache.http.params.HttpParams;
import org.apache.http.protocol.HttpContext;



/**
 * Interface for opening {@link OperatedClientConnection connections}.
 * This interface encapsulates the logic to create sockets and to
 * open or update the connection with the new socket.
 * Implementations will most likely make use of
 * {@link SocketFactory socket factories}.
 * <br/>
 * The methods in this interface allow the creation of plain and layered
 * sockets. Creating a tunnelled connection through a proxy, however,
 * is not within the scope of the operator.
 *
 * @author <a href="mailto:rolandw at apache.org">Roland Weber</a>
 *
 *
 * <!-- empty lines to avoid svn diff problems -->
 * @version   $Revision: 645850 $ $Date: 2008-04-08 04:08:52 -0700 (Tue, 08 Apr 2008) $
 *
 * @since 4.0
 */
public interface ClientConnectionOperator {


    /**
     * Creates a new connection that can be operated.
     *
     * @return  a new, unopened connection for use with this operator
     */
    OperatedClientConnection createConnection()
        ;


    /**
     * Opens a connection to the given target host.
     *
     * @param conn      the connection to open
     * @param target    the target host to connect to
     * @param local     the local address to route from, or
     *                  <code>null</code> for the default
     * @param context   the context for the connection
     * @param params    the parameters for the connection
     *
     * @throws IOException      in case of a problem
     */
    void openConnection(OperatedClientConnection conn,
                        HttpHost target,
                        InetAddress local,
                        HttpContext context,
                        HttpParams params)
        throws IOException
        ;


    /**
     * Updates a connection with a layered secure connection.
     * The typical use of this method is to update a tunnelled plain
     * connection (HTTP) to a secure TLS/SSL connection (HTTPS).
     *
     * @param conn      the open connection to update
     * @param target    the target host for the updated connection.
     *                  The connection must already be open or tunnelled
     *                  to the host and port, but the scheme of the target
     *                  will be used to create a layered connection.
     * @param context   the context for the connection
     * @param params    the parameters for the updated connection
     *
     * @throws IOException      in case of a problem
     */
    void updateSecureConnection(OperatedClientConnection conn,
                                HttpHost target,
                                HttpContext context,
                                HttpParams params)
        throws IOException
        ;


} // interface ClientConnectionOperator