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package org.eclipse.jetty.client;

import java.net.SocketAddress;
import java.util.Map;

import org.eclipse.jetty.io.ClientConnectionFactory;

/**
 * {@link HttpClientTransport} represents what transport implementations should provide
 * in order to plug-in a different transport for {@link HttpClient}.
 * <p/>
 * While the {@link HttpClient} APIs define the HTTP semantic (request, response, headers, etc.)
 * <em>how</em> a HTTP exchange is carried over the network depends on implementations of this class.
 * <p/>
 * The default implementation uses the HTTP protocol to carry over the network the HTTP exchange,
 * but the HTTP exchange may also be carried using the SPDY protocol or the FCGI protocol or, in future,
 * other protocols.
 */
public interface HttpClientTransport extends ClientConnectionFactory
{
    public static final String HTTP_DESTINATION_CONTEXT_KEY = "http.destination";
    public static final String HTTP_CONNECTION_PROMISE_CONTEXT_KEY = "http.connection.promise";

    /**
     * Sets the {@link HttpClient} instance on this transport.
     * <p />
     * This is needed because of a chicken-egg problem: in order to create the {@link HttpClient}
     * a {@link HttpClientTransport} is needed, that therefore cannot have a reference yet to the
     * {@link HttpClient}.
     *
     * @param client the {@link HttpClient} that uses this transport.
     */
    public void setHttpClient(HttpClient client);

    /**
     * Creates a new, transport-specific, {@link HttpDestination} object.
     * <p />
     * {@link HttpDestination} controls the destination-connection cardinality: protocols like
     * HTTP have 1-N cardinality, while multiplexed protocols like SPDY have a 1-1 cardinality.
     *
     * @param origin the destination origin
     * @return a new, transport-specific, {@link HttpDestination} object
     */
    public HttpDestination newHttpDestination(Origin origin);

    /**
     * Establishes a physical connection to the given {@code address}.
     *
     * @param address the address to connect to
     * @param context the context information to establish the connection
     */
    public void connect(SocketAddress address, Map<String, Object> context);
}
