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027
028package org.apache.http.protocol;
029
030/**
031 * HttpRequestHandlerResolver can be used to resolve an instance of
032 * {@link HttpRequestHandler} matching a particular request URI. Usually the
033 * mapped request handler will be used to process the request with the
034 * specified request URI.
035 *
036 * @since 4.0
037 * @deprecated see {@link HttpRequestHandlerMapper}
038 */
039@Deprecated
040public interface HttpRequestHandlerResolver {
041
042    /**
043     * Looks up a handler matching the given request URI.
044     *
045     * @param requestURI the request URI
046     * @return HTTP request handler or {@code null} if no match
047     * is found.
048     */
049    HttpRequestHandler lookup(String requestURI);
050
051}