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package org.apache.http.client;

import java.net.URI;

import org.apache.http.HttpResponse;
import org.apache.http.ProtocolException;
import org.apache.http.protocol.HttpContext;

A handler for determining if an HTTP request should be redirected to a new location in response to an HTTP response received from the target server.

Implementations of this interface must be thread-safe. Access to shared data must be synchronized as methods of this interface may be executed from multiple threads.

Since:4.0
Deprecated:(4.1) use RedirectStrategy
/** * A handler for determining if an HTTP request should be redirected to * a new location in response to an HTTP response received from the target * server. * <p> * Implementations of this interface must be thread-safe. Access to shared * data must be synchronized as methods of this interface may be executed * from multiple threads. * * @since 4.0 * * @deprecated (4.1) use {@link RedirectStrategy} */
@Deprecated public interface RedirectHandler {
Determines if a request should be redirected to a new location given the response from the target server.
Params:
  • response – the response received from the target server
  • context – the context for the request execution
Returns:true if the request should be redirected, false otherwise
/** * Determines if a request should be redirected to a new location * given the response from the target server. * * @param response the response received from the target server * @param context the context for the request execution * * @return {@code true} if the request should be redirected, {@code false} * otherwise */
boolean isRedirectRequested(HttpResponse response, HttpContext context);
Determines the location request is expected to be redirected to given the response from the target server and the current request execution context.
Params:
  • response – the response received from the target server
  • context – the context for the request execution
Returns:redirect URI
/** * Determines the location request is expected to be redirected to * given the response from the target server and the current request * execution context. * * @param response the response received from the target server * @param context the context for the request execution * * @return redirect URI */
URI getLocationURI(HttpResponse response, HttpContext context) throws ProtocolException; }