/FileExtraction/Java_unseen/dlitz_resin/modules/hessian/src/com/caucho/hessian/client/HessianConnection.java
/*
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 *
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 * @author Scott Ferguson
 */

package com.caucho.hessian.client;

import java.net.URL;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.OutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;

/**
 * Internal connection to a server.  The default connection is based on
 * java.net
 */
public interface HessianConnection {
  /**
   * Adds HTTP headers.
   */
  public void addHeader(String key, String value);
  
  /**
   * Returns the output stream for the request.
   */
  public OutputStream getOutputStream()
    throws IOException;

  /**
   * Sends the query
   */
  public void sendRequest()
    throws IOException;

  /**
   * Returns the status code.
   */
  public int getStatusCode();

  /**
   * Returns the status string.
   */
  public String getStatusMessage();

  /**
   * Returns the InputStream to the result
   */
  public InputStream getInputStream()
    throws IOException;

  /**
   * Close/free the connection. If keepalive is allowed, it may be used.
   */
  public void close()
    throws IOException;

  /**
   * Shut the connection down.
   */
  public void destroy()
    throws IOException;
}

