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package org.glassfish.grizzly.http;

import org.glassfish.grizzly.Buffer;
import org.glassfish.grizzly.filterchain.FilterChainContext;

Abstraction, which represents HTTP transfer-encoding. The implementation should take care about possible HTTP content
fragmentation.
Author:
Alexey Stashok
See Also:
FixedLengthTransferEncoding
ChunkedTransferEncoding/**
 * Abstraction, which represents HTTP transfer-encoding. The implementation should take care about possible HTTP content
 * fragmentation.
 *
 * @see FixedLengthTransferEncoding
 * @see ChunkedTransferEncoding
 *
 * @author Alexey Stashok
 */
public interface TransferEncoding {
    
Return true if this encoding should be used to parse the content of the passed HttpHeader, or false otherwise.
Params:
httpPacket – HttpHeader.
Returns:
true if this encoding should be used to parse the content of the passed HttpHeader, or false otherwise./**
     * Return <tt>true</tt> if this encoding should be used to parse the content of the passed {@link HttpHeader}, or
     * <tt>false</tt> otherwise.
     *
     * @param httpPacket {@link HttpHeader}.
     * @return <tt>true</tt> if this encoding should be used to parse the content of the passed {@link HttpHeader}, or
     * <tt>false</tt> otherwise.
     */
    boolean wantDecode(HttpHeader httpPacket);

    
Return true if this encoding should be used to serialize the content of the passed HttpHeader, or false otherwise.
Params:
httpPacket – HttpHeader.
Returns:
true if this encoding should be used to serialize the content of the passed HttpHeader, or false otherwise./**
     * Return <tt>true</tt> if this encoding should be used to serialize the content of the passed {@link HttpHeader}, or
     * <tt>false</tt> otherwise.
     *
     * @param httpPacket {@link HttpHeader}.
     * @return <tt>true</tt> if this encoding should be used to serialize the content of the passed {@link HttpHeader}, or
     * <tt>false</tt> otherwise.
     */
    boolean wantEncode(HttpHeader httpPacket);

    
This method will be called by HttpCodecFilter to let TransferEncoding prepare itself for the content
serialization. At this time TransferEncoding is able to change, update HTTP packet headers.
Params:
ctx – FilterChainContext
httpHeader – HTTP packet headers.
content – ready HTTP content (might be null)./**
     * This method will be called by {@link HttpCodecFilter} to let <tt>TransferEncoding</tt> prepare itself for the content
     * serialization. At this time <tt>TransferEncoding</tt> is able to change, update HTTP packet headers.
     *
     * @param ctx {@link FilterChainContext}
     * @param httpHeader HTTP packet headers.
     * @param content ready HTTP content (might be null).
     */
    void prepareSerialize(FilterChainContext ctx, HttpHeader httpHeader, HttpContent content);

    
Parse HTTP packet payload, represented by Buffer using specific transfer encoding. 
Params:
ctx – FilterChainContext
httpPacket – HttpHeader with parsed headers.
buffer – Buffer HTTP message payload.
Returns:
ParsingResult/**
     * Parse HTTP packet payload, represented by {@link Buffer} using specific transfer encoding.
     *
     * @param ctx {@link FilterChainContext}
     * @param httpPacket {@link HttpHeader} with parsed headers.
     * @param buffer {@link Buffer} HTTP message payload.
     * @return {@link ParsingResult}
     */
    ParsingResult parsePacket(FilterChainContext ctx, HttpHeader httpPacket, Buffer buffer);

    
Serialize HTTP packet payload, represented by HttpContent using specific transfer encoding. 
Params:
ctx – FilterChainContext
httpContent – HttpContent with parsed HttpContent.getHttpHeader().
Returns:
serialized Buffer/**
     * Serialize HTTP packet payload, represented by {@link HttpContent} using specific transfer encoding.
     *
     * @param ctx {@link FilterChainContext}
     * @param httpContent {@link HttpContent} with parsed {@link HttpContent#getHttpHeader()}.
     *
     * @return serialized {@link Buffer}
     */
    Buffer serializePacket(FilterChainContext ctx, HttpContent httpContent);
}