core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/rest/HttpClient.java

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package org.jclouds.rest;

import java.io.InputStream;
import java.net.URI;
import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;

import org.jclouds.concurrent.Timeout;
import org.jclouds.http.HttpRequest;
import org.jclouds.http.HttpResponse;
import org.jclouds.io.Payload;

/**
 * Simple client
 * 
 * @author Adrian Cole
 */
@Timeout(duration = 30, timeUnit = TimeUnit.SECONDS)
public interface HttpClient {
   /**
    * 
    * @param request
    * @return response, but make sure you consume its content.
    */
   HttpResponse invoke(HttpRequest request);

   /**
    * @return eTag
    */
   String put(URI location, Payload payload);

   /**
    * @return eTag
    */
   String post(URI location, Payload payload);

   boolean exists(URI location);

   /**
    * @return null if the resource didn't exist.
    */
   InputStream get(URI location);

   /**
    * @return false if the resource didn't exist.
    */
   boolean delete(URI location);
}