Package org.apache.http.conn.routing

Interface HttpRoutePlanner

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultHttpRoutePlanner, ProxySelectorRoutePlanner

public interface HttpRoutePlanner

Encapsulates logic to compute a HttpRoute to a target host. Implementations may for example be based on parameters, or on the standard Java system properties.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
HttpRoute	determineRoute(HttpHost target, HttpRequest request, HttpContext context)	Determines the route for a request.

Method Details

determineRoute

HttpRoute determineRoute(HttpHost target,
HttpRequest request,
HttpContext context)
                  throws HttpException

Determines the route for a request.

Parameters:

target - the target host for the request. Implementations may accept null if they can still determine a route, for example to a default target or by inspecting the request.

request - the request to execute

context - the context to use for the subsequent execution. Implementations may accept null.

Returns:

the route that the request should take

Throws:

HttpException - in case of a problem