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package ch.mimo.netty.handler.codec.icap;

import org.jboss.netty.handler.codec.http.HttpMethod;


/**
 * Defines a ICAP Request.
 * 
 * @author Michael Mimo Moratti (mimo@mimo.ch)
 *
 * @see IcapMessage
 * @see DefaultIcapRequest
 */
public interface IcapRequest extends IcapMessage {
	
	/**
	 * Sets the operation method for this icap request.
	 * @param method the @see {@link HttpMethod} provided by @see {@link IcapMethod}
	 * @return self in order to chain the method calls
	 */
	IcapMessage setMethod(IcapMethod method);

	/**
	 * @return This operations method
	 */
	IcapMethod getMethod();
	
	/**
	 * Sets the operations uri.
	 * @param uri 
	 * @return self in order to chain the method calls
	 */
	IcapMessage setUri(String uri);
	
	/**
	 * @return String uri for this message
	 */
	String getUri();
}
