org.apache.http.protocol
Class HttpRequestExecutor

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.http.protocol.HttpRequestExecutor

public class HttpRequestExecutor
extends Object

Sends HTTP requests and receives the responses. Takes care of request preprocessing and response postprocessing by the respective interceptors.

Since:

4.0

Constructor Summary

HttpRequestExecutor()
Create a new request executor.

Method Summary

protected boolean	canResponseHaveBody(HttpRequest request, HttpResponse response) Decide whether a response comes with an entity.
protected HttpResponse	doReceiveResponse(HttpRequest request, HttpClientConnection conn, HttpContext context) Wait for and receive a response.
protected HttpResponse	doSendRequest(HttpRequest request, HttpClientConnection conn, HttpContext context) Send a request over a connection.
HttpResponse	execute(HttpRequest request, HttpClientConnection conn, HttpContext context) Synchronously send a request and obtain the response.
void	postProcess(HttpResponse response, HttpProcessor processor, HttpContext context) Finish a response.
void	preProcess(HttpRequest request, HttpProcessor processor, HttpContext context) Prepare a request for sending.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

HttpRequestExecutor

public HttpRequestExecutor()

Create a new request executor.

Method Detail

canResponseHaveBody

protected boolean canResponseHaveBody(HttpRequest request,
                                      HttpResponse response)

Decide whether a response comes with an entity. The implementation in this class is based on RFC 2616. Unknown methods and response codes are supposed to indicate responses with an entity.
Derived executors can override this method to handle methods and response codes not specified in RFC 2616.

Parameters:

request - the request, to obtain the executed method

response - the response, to obtain the status code

execute

public HttpResponse execute(HttpRequest request,
                            HttpClientConnection conn,
                            HttpContext context)
                     throws IOException,
                            HttpException

Synchronously send a request and obtain the response.

Parameters:

request - the request to send. It will be preprocessed.

conn - the open connection over which to send

Returns:

the response to the request, postprocessed

Throws:

HttpException - in case of a protocol or processing problem

IOException - in case of an I/O problem

preProcess

public void preProcess(HttpRequest request,
                       HttpProcessor processor,
                       HttpContext context)
                throws HttpException,
                       IOException

Prepare a request for sending.

Parameters:

request - the request to prepare

processor - the processor to use

context - the context for sending the request

Throws:

HttpException - in case of a protocol or processing problem

IOException - in case of an I/O problem

doSendRequest

protected HttpResponse doSendRequest(HttpRequest request,
                                     HttpClientConnection conn,
                                     HttpContext context)
                              throws IOException,
                                     HttpException

Send a request over a connection. This method also handles the expect-continue handshake if necessary. If it does not have to handle an expect-continue handshake, it will not use the connection for reading or anything else that depends on data coming in over the connection.

Parameters:

request - the request to send, already preprocessed

conn - the connection over which to send the request, already established

context - the context for sending the request

Returns:

a terminal response received as part of an expect-continue handshake, or null if the expect-continue handshake is not used

Throws:

HttpException - in case of a protocol or processing problem

IOException - in case of an I/O problem

doReceiveResponse

protected HttpResponse doReceiveResponse(HttpRequest request,
                                         HttpClientConnection conn,
                                         HttpContext context)
                                  throws HttpException,
                                         IOException

Wait for and receive a response. This method will automatically ignore intermediate responses with status code 1xx.

Parameters:

request - the request for which to obtain the response

conn - the connection over which the request was sent

context - the context for receiving the response

Returns:

the final response, not yet post-processed

Throws:

HttpException - in case of a protocol or processing problem

IOException - in case of an I/O problem

postProcess

public void postProcess(HttpResponse response,
                        HttpProcessor processor,
                        HttpContext context)
                 throws HttpException,
                        IOException

Finish a response. This includes post-processing of the response object. It does not read the response entity, if any. It does not allow for immediate re-use of the connection over which the response is coming in.

Parameters:

response - the response object to finish

processor - the processor to use

context - the context for post-processing the response

Throws:

HttpException - in case of a protocol or processing problem

IOException - in case of an I/O problem