Interface HttpClientConnection

    • Method Detail

      • isConsistent

        boolean isConsistent()
        Checks whether this connection is in a consistent state.
        Returns:
        true if the connection is known to be in a inconsistent state and cannot be re-used.
        Since:
        5.0
        See Also:
        terminateRequest(ClassicHttpRequest)
      • sendRequestHeader

        void sendRequestHeader​(ClassicHttpRequest request)
                        throws HttpException,
                               java.io.IOException
        Sends the request line and all headers over the connection.
        Parameters:
        request - the request whose headers to send.
        Throws:
        HttpException - in case of HTTP protocol violation
        java.io.IOException - in case of an I/O error
      • terminateRequest

        void terminateRequest​(ClassicHttpRequest request)
                       throws HttpException,
                              java.io.IOException
        Terminates request prematurely potentially leaving the connection in a inconsistent state.
        Parameters:
        request - the request to be terminated prematurely.
        Throws:
        HttpException
        java.io.IOException
        Since:
        5.0
        See Also:
        isConsistent()
      • sendRequestEntity

        void sendRequestEntity​(ClassicHttpRequest request)
                        throws HttpException,
                               java.io.IOException
        Sends the request entity over the connection.
        Parameters:
        request - the request whose entity to send.
        Throws:
        HttpException - in case of HTTP protocol violation
        java.io.IOException - in case of an I/O error
      • receiveResponseHeader

        ClassicHttpResponse receiveResponseHeader()
                                           throws HttpException,
                                                  java.io.IOException
        Receives the request line and headers of the next response available from this connection. The caller should examine the HttpResponse object to find out if it should try to receive a response entity as well.
        Returns:
        a new HttpResponse object with status line and headers initialized or null if the connection has been closed by the opposite endpoint.
        Throws:
        HttpException - in case of HTTP protocol violation
        java.io.IOException - in case of an I/O error
      • receiveResponseEntity

        void receiveResponseEntity​(ClassicHttpResponse response)
                            throws HttpException,
                                   java.io.IOException
        Receives the next response entity available from this connection and attaches it to an existing HttpResponse object.
        Parameters:
        response - the response to attach the entity to
        Throws:
        HttpException - in case of HTTP protocol violation
        java.io.IOException - in case of an I/O error