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016
017package org.springframework.http.client;
018
019import java.io.IOException;
020
021import org.springframework.http.HttpRequest;
022
023/**
024 * Represents the context of a client-side HTTP request execution.
025 *
026 * <p>Used to invoke the next interceptor in the interceptor chain,
027 * or - if the calling interceptor is last - execute the request itself.
028 *
029 * @author Arjen Poutsma
030 * @since 3.1
031 * @see ClientHttpRequestInterceptor
032 */
033public interface ClientHttpRequestExecution {
034
035        /**
036         * Execute the request with the given request attributes and body,
037         * and return the response.
038         * @param request the request, containing method, URI, and headers
039         * @param body the body of the request to execute
040         * @return the response
041         * @throws IOException in case of I/O errors
042         */
043        ClientHttpResponse execute(HttpRequest request, byte[] body) throws IOException;
044
045}