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+package at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.impl.http;
+
+import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
+
+import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.exceptions.EaafException;
+
+import org.apache.http.impl.client.CloseableHttpClient;
+
+public interface IHttpClientFactory {
+
+  /**
+   * Return an instance of a Apache HTTP client that uses
+   * default configuration properties from {@link IHttpClientFactory} implementation
+   * and follows http redirects automatically.
+   *
+   * @return http client
+   */
+  @Nonnull
+  CloseableHttpClient getHttpClient();
+
+  /**
+   * Return an instance of a Apache HTTP client that uses
+   * default configuration properties from {@link IHttpClientFactory} implementation.
+   *
+   * @param followRedirects if <code>false</code>, the client does not flow 30x
+   *                        http redirects
+   * @return http client
+   */
+  @Nonnull
+  CloseableHttpClient getHttpClient(boolean followRedirects);
+
+  /**
+   * Return an instance of a Apache HTTP client based in {@link HttpClientConfiguration}.
+   *
+   * @param config Configuration object for this http client
+   * @return http client
+   * @throws EaafException In case of a http-client initialization problem
+   */
+  @Nonnull
+  CloseableHttpClient getHttpClient(@Nonnull HttpClientConfiguration config)
+      throws EaafException;
+
+}