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package ch.boye.httpclientandroidlib.protocol;

/**
 * HttpRequestHandlerResolver can be used to resolve an instance of
 * {@link HttpRequestHandler} matching a particular request URI. Usually the
 * mapped request handler will be used to process the request with the
 * specified request URI.
 *
 * @since 4.0
 * @deprecated see {@link HttpRequestHandlerMapper}
 */
@Deprecated
public interface HttpRequestHandlerResolver {

    /**
     * Looks up a handler matching the given request URI.
     *
     * @param requestURI the request URI
     * @return HTTP request handler or <code>null</code> if no match
     * is found.
     */
    HttpRequestHandler lookup(String requestURI);

}