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package org.springframework.http.client;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.URI;
import org.springframework.http.HttpMethod;
/**
* Factory for {@link ClientHttpRequest} objects.
* Requests are created by the {@link #createRequest(URI, HttpMethod)} method.
*
* @author Arjen Poutsma
* @since 3.0
*/
public interface ClientHttpRequestFactory {
/**
* Create a new {@link ClientHttpRequest} for the specified URI and HTTP method.
* <p>The returned request can be written to, and then executed by calling
* {@link ClientHttpRequest#execute()}.
* @param uri the URI to create a request for
* @param httpMethod the HTTP method to execute
* @return the created request
* @throws IOException in case of I/O errors
*/
ClientHttpRequest createRequest(URI uri, HttpMethod httpMethod) throws IOException;
}
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