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package org.apache.hc.core5.http.io;

import org.apache.hc.core5.http.ClassicHttpRequest;
import org.apache.hc.core5.http.ClassicHttpResponse;
import org.apache.hc.core5.http.HttpException;
import org.apache.hc.core5.http.protocol.HttpContext;

/**
 * Defines an interface to verify whether an incoming HTTP request meets
 * the target server's expectations.
 *
 * @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}. 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}.
     *
     * @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(ClassicHttpRequest request, ClassicHttpResponse response, HttpContext context)
            throws HttpException;

}