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1 /*
2  * $HeadURL: http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpcomponents/httpclient/trunk/module-client/src/main/java/org/apache/http/conn/routing/RouteInfo.java $
3  * $Revision: 652200 $
4  * $Date: 2008-04-29 17:22:43 -0700 (Tue, 29 Apr 2008) $
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31 
32 package org.apache.http.conn.routing;
33 
34 import java.net.InetAddress;
35 
36 import org.apache.http.HttpHost;
37 
38 
39 /**
40  * Read-only interface for route information.
41  *
42  * @author <a href="mailto:rolandw at apache.org">Roland Weber</a>
43  *
44  *
45  * <!-- empty lines to avoid svn diff problems -->
46  * @version $Revision: 652200 $
47  *
48  * @since 4.0
49  */
50 public interface RouteInfo {
51 
52     /**
53      * The tunnelling type of a route.
54      * Plain routes are established by connecting to the target or
55      * the first proxy.
56      * Tunnelled routes are established by connecting to the first proxy
57      * and tunnelling through all proxies to the target.
58      * Routes without a proxy cannot be tunnelled.
59      */
60     public enum TunnelType { PLAIN, TUNNELLED }
61 
62     /**
63      * The layering type of a route.
64      * Plain routes are established by connecting or tunnelling.
65      * Layered routes are established by layering a protocol such as TLS/SSL
66      * over an existing connection.
67      * Protocols can only be layered over a tunnel to the target, or
68      * or over a direct connection without proxies.
69      * <br/>
70      * Layering a protocol
71      * over a direct connection makes little sense, since the connection
72      * could be established with the new protocol in the first place.
73      * But we don't want to exclude that use case.
74      */
75     public enum LayerType  { PLAIN, LAYERED }
76 
77 
78 
79     /**
80      * Obtains the target host.
81      *
82      * @return the target host
83      */
getTargetHost()84     HttpHost getTargetHost()
85         ;
86 
87 
88     /**
89      * Obtains the local address to connect from.
90      *
91      * @return  the local address,
92      *          or <code>null</code>
93      */
getLocalAddress()94     InetAddress getLocalAddress()
95         ;
96 
97 
98     /**
99      * Obtains the number of hops in this route.
100      * A direct route has one hop. A route through a proxy has two hops.
101      * A route through a chain of <i>n</i> proxies has <i>n+1</i> hops.
102      *
103      * @return  the number of hops in this route
104      */
getHopCount()105     int getHopCount()
106         ;
107 
108 
109     /**
110      * Obtains the target of a hop in this route.
111      * The target of the last hop is the {@link #getTargetHost target host},
112      * the target of previous hops is the respective proxy in the chain.
113      * For a route through exactly one proxy, target of hop 0 is the proxy
114      * and target of hop 1 is the target host.
115      *
116      * @param hop       index of the hop for which to get the target,
117      *                  0 for first
118      *
119      * @return  the target of the given hop
120      *
121      * @throws IllegalArgumentException
122      *  if the argument is negative or not less than
123      *  {@link #getHopCount getHopCount()}
124      */
getHopTarget(int hop)125     HttpHost getHopTarget(int hop)
126         ;
127 
128 
129     /**
130      * Obtains the first proxy host.
131      *
132      * @return the first proxy in the proxy chain, or
133      *         <code>null</code> if this route is direct
134      */
getProxyHost()135     HttpHost getProxyHost()
136         ;
137 
138 
139     /**
140      * Obtains the tunnel type of this route.
141      * If there is a proxy chain, only end-to-end tunnels are considered.
142      *
143      * @return  the tunnelling type
144      */
getTunnelType()145     TunnelType getTunnelType()
146         ;
147 
148 
149     /**
150      * Checks whether this route is tunnelled through a proxy.
151      * If there is a proxy chain, only end-to-end tunnels are considered.
152      *
153      * @return  <code>true</code> if tunnelled end-to-end through at least
154      *          one proxy,
155      *          <code>false</code> otherwise
156      */
isTunnelled()157     boolean isTunnelled()
158         ;
159 
160 
161     /**
162      * Obtains the layering type of this route.
163      * In the presence of proxies, only layering over an end-to-end tunnel
164      * is considered.
165      *
166      * @return  the layering type
167      */
getLayerType()168     LayerType getLayerType()
169         ;
170 
171 
172     /**
173      * Checks whether this route includes a layered protocol.
174      * In the presence of proxies, only layering over an end-to-end tunnel
175      * is considered.
176      *
177      * @return  <code>true</code> if layered,
178      *          <code>false</code> otherwise
179      */
isLayered()180     boolean isLayered()
181         ;
182 
183 
184     /**
185      * Checks whether this route is secure.
186      *
187      * @return  <code>true</code> if secure,
188      *          <code>false</code> otherwise
189      */
isSecure()190     boolean isSecure()
191         ;
192 
193 
194 } // interface RouteInfo
195