1 /*
2 * Copyright (c) 2002-2025 Gargoyle Software Inc.
3 *
4 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
5 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
6 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
7 * https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
8 *
9 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
10 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
11 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
12 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
13 * limitations under the License.
14 */
15 package org.htmlunit;
16
17 import java.io.IOException;
18
19 /**
20 * An object which handles the actual communication portion of page retrieval/submission.
21 *
22 * @author <a href="mailto:mbowler@GargoyleSoftware.com">Mike Bowler</a>
23 * @author Daniel Gredler
24 * @author Marc Guillemot
25 * @author Ahmed Ashour
26 */
27 public interface WebConnection extends AutoCloseable {
28
29 /**
30 * Submits a request and retrieves a response.
31 * @param request the request
32 * @return the response to the request defined by the specified request
33 * @exception IOException if an IO error occurs
34 */
35 WebResponse getResponse(WebRequest request) throws IOException;
36
37 @Override
38 void close() throws IOException;
39 }