ClientHttpResponse.java

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package org.springframework.http.client;

import java.io.IOException;

import org.springframework.http.HttpInputMessage;
import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus;

/**
 * Represents a client-side HTTP response. Obtained via an calling of the {@link ClientHttpRequest#execute()}.
 *
 * <p>A <code>ClientHttpResponse</code> must be {@linkplain #close() closed}, typically in a
 * <code>finally</code> block.
 *
 * @author Arjen Poutsma
 * @since 3.0
 */
public interface ClientHttpResponse extends HttpInputMessage {

	/**
	 * Return the HTTP status code of the response.
	 * @return the HTTP status as an HttpStatus enum value
	 * @throws IOException in case of I/O errors
	 */
	HttpStatus getStatusCode() throws IOException;

	/**
	 * Return the HTTP status text of the response.
	 * @return the HTTP status text
	 * @throws IOException in case of I/O errors
	 */
	String getStatusText() throws IOException;

	/**
	 * Closes this response, freeing any resources created.
	 */
	void close();

}