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package com.google.enterprise.secmgr.http;

import com.google.common.collect.ListMultimap;

import java.net.URL;

import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
import javax.annotation.Nullable;

/**
 * An abstraction to hide HttpClient behind.
 * This allows HTTP transport to be mocked for testing.
 */
public interface HttpClientInterface {
  /**
   * Create a new HTTP POST exchange object.
   *
   * @param url The URL to send the request to.
   * @param parameters The POST parameters.
   * @return A new HTTP exchange object.
   */
  public HttpExchange postExchange(@Nonnull URL url,
      @Nullable ListMultimap<String, String> parameters);
}