1/*
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31
32package org.apache.http;
33
34import java.io.IOException;
35
36import org.apache.http.protocol.HttpContext;
37
38/**
39 * Processes a response.
40 * Provides the ability to process a response before it is sent
41 * to the client or after it has been received on the client side.
42 *
43 * @author <a href="mailto:oleg at ural.ru">Oleg Kalnichevski</a>
44 *
45 *
46 * <!-- empty lines above to avoid 'svn diff' context problems -->
47 * @version $Revision: 618367 $
48 *
49 * @since 4.0
50 */
51public interface HttpResponseInterceptor {
52
53    /**
54     * Processes a response.
55     * On the server side, this step is performed before the response is
56     * sent to the client. On the client side, this step is performed
57     * on incoming messages before the message body is evaluated.
58     *
59     * @param response  the response to postprocess
60     * @param context   the context for the request
61     *
62     * @throws IOException      in case of an IO problem
63     * @throws HttpException    in case of a protocol or other problem
64     */
65    void process(HttpResponse response, HttpContext context)
66        throws HttpException, IOException;
67
68}
69