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package org.springframework.test.web.servlet;
import org.springframework.mock.web.MockHttpServletRequest;
/**
* Extended variant of a {@link RequestBuilder} that applies its
* {@link org.springframework.test.web.servlet.request.RequestPostProcessor}s
* as a separate step from the {@link #buildRequest} method.
*
* @author Rossen Stoyanchev
* @since 4.1
*/
public interface SmartRequestBuilder extends RequestBuilder {
/**
* Apply request post processing. Typically that means invoking one or more
* {@link org.springframework.test.web.servlet.request.RequestPostProcessor}s.
*
* @param request the request to initialize
* @return the request to use, either the one passed in or a wrapped one
*/
MockHttpServletRequest postProcessRequest(MockHttpServletRequest request);
}