/**
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*/
/*
* Created on Jan 13, 2015
*/
package com.bigdata.rdf.sail.webapp.client;
import org.eclipse.jetty.client.HttpClient;
/**
* Factory for {@link HttpClient} objects.
*
* @author bryan
*/
public interface IHttpClientFactory {
/**
* Starts an {@link HttpClient}.
* <p>
* Note: The caller MUST use {@link HttpClient#stop()} to terminate the
* returned {@link HttpClient} when they are done with it. Failure to do so
* will leak resources.
*
* @return The returned object can (and should) be used for multiple
* connections as long as the same configuration for http
* communications should be used for those connections.
*/
HttpClient newInstance();
}