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package ch.boye.httpclientandroidlib.protocol;

import ch.boye.httpclientandroidlib.HttpException;
import ch.boye.httpclientandroidlib.HttpRequest;
import ch.boye.httpclientandroidlib.HttpResponse;

/**
 * Defines an interface to verify whether an incoming HTTP request meets
 * the target server's expectations.
 *<p>
 * The Expect request-header field is used to indicate that particular
 * server behaviors are required by the client.
 *</p>
 *<pre>
 *    Expect       =  "Expect" ":" 1#expectation
 *
 *    expectation  =  "100-continue" | expectation-extension
 *    expectation-extension =  token [ "=" ( token | quoted-string )
 *                             *expect-params ]
 *    expect-params =  ";" token [ "=" ( token | quoted-string ) ]
 *</pre>
 *<p>
 * A server that does not understand or is unable to comply with any of
 * the expectation values in the Expect field of a request MUST respond
 * with appropriate error status. The server MUST respond with a 417
 * (Expectation Failed) status if any of the expectations cannot be met
 * or, if there are other problems with the request, some other 4xx
 * status.
 *</p>
 *
 * @since 4.0
 */
public interface HttpExpectationVerifier {

    /**
     * Verifies whether the given request meets the server's expectations.
     * <p>
     * If the request fails to meet particular criteria, this method can
     * trigger a terminal response back to the client by setting the status
     * code of the response object to a value greater or equal to
     * <code>200</code>. In this case the client will not have to transmit
     * the request body. If the request meets expectations this method can
     * terminate without modifying the response object. Per default the status
     * code of the response object will be set to <code>100</code>.
     *
     * @param request the HTTP request.
     * @param response the HTTP response.
     * @param context the HTTP context.
     * @throws HttpException in case of an HTTP protocol violation.
     */
    void verify(HttpRequest request, HttpResponse response, HttpContext context)
            throws HttpException;

}