Source code: org/apache/http/ConnectionReuseStrategy.java
1 /*
2 * $HeadURL: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/jakarta/httpcomponents/httpcore/tags/4.0-alpha2/src/java/org/apache/http/ConnectionReuseStrategy.java $
3 * $Revision: 391135 $
4 * $Date: 2006-04-03 22:15:40 +0200 (Mon, 03 Apr 2006) $
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29
30 package org.apache.http;
31
32
33 /**
34 * Interface for deciding whether a connection should be kept alive.
35 *
36 * @author <a href="mailto:oleg at ural.ru">Oleg Kalnichevski</a>
37 *
38 * @version $Revision: 391135 $
39 *
40 * @since 4.0
41 */
42 public interface ConnectionReuseStrategy {
43
44 /**
45 * Tells if the connection used to receive a response should be closed or
46 * kept open. Http processors should close the physical connection if this
47 * method returns false. They should do their best to keep it open if this
48 * method returns true.
49 *
50 * @param response The response whose connection is concerned.
51 * @return true if the connection is to be kept open, false if it is to be
52 * closed.
53 */
54 boolean keepAlive(HttpResponse response);
55
56 }