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package org.apache.amber.client;

import org.apache.amber.OAuthRequest;
import org.apache.amber.OAuthResponse;

import java.io.IOException;

/**
 * The HttpConnector does the work converting executing an
 * {@link org.apache.amber.OAuthRequest} and returning an
 * {@link org.apache.amber.OAuthResponse}. This is configurable to allow some choice
 * with regard to libraries, code etc.
 *
 * An implementation MUST provide a default connector.
 *
 * @version $Id$
 */
public interface HttpConnector {

    /**
     * The execute method does the work of processing a request and returning a
     * response from the Provider.
     *
     * @param request
     * @param authorization
     * @return response
     * @throws IOException
     *             if something untoward happened, propagate the exception
     */
    OAuthResponse execute(OAuthRequest request, String authorization) throws IOException;

}