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HttpClient.javaAPI DocAndroid 1.5 API10252Wed May 06 22:41:10 BST 2009org.apache.http.client

HttpClient

public interface HttpClient
Interface for an HTTP client. HTTP clients encapsulate a smorgasbord of objects required to execute HTTP requests while handling cookies, authentication, connection management, and other features. Thread safety of HTTP clients depends on the implementation and configuration of the specific client.
author
Roland Weber
version
$Revision: 676020 $
since
4.0

Fields Summary
Constructors Summary
Methods Summary
public Texecute(org.apache.http.HttpHost target, org.apache.http.HttpRequest request, org.apache.http.client.ResponseHandler responseHandler, org.apache.http.protocol.HttpContext context)
Executes a request to the target using the given context and processes the response using the given response handler.

param
target the target host for the request. Implementations may accept null if they can still determine a route, for example to a default target or by inspecting the request.
param
request the request to execute
param
responseHandler the response handler
param
context the context to use for the execution, or null to use the default context
return
the response object as generated by the response handler.
throws
IOException in case of a problem or the connection was aborted
throws
ClientProtocolException in case of an http protocol error

public org.apache.http.HttpResponseexecute(org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpUriRequest request)
Executes a request using the default context.

param
request the request to execute
return
the response to the request. This is always a final response, never an intermediate response with an 1xx status code. Whether redirects or authentication challenges will be returned or handled automatically depends on the implementation and configuration of this client.
throws
IOException in case of a problem or the connection was aborted
throws
ClientProtocolException in case of an http protocol error

public org.apache.http.HttpResponseexecute(org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpUriRequest request, org.apache.http.protocol.HttpContext context)
Executes a request using the given context. The route to the target will be determined by the HTTP client.

param
request the request to execute
param
context the context to use for the execution, or null to use the default context
return
the response to the request. This is always a final response, never an intermediate response with an 1xx status code. Whether redirects or authentication challenges will be returned or handled automatically depends on the implementation and configuration of this client.
throws
IOException in case of a problem or the connection was aborted
throws
ClientProtocolException in case of an http protocol error

public org.apache.http.HttpResponseexecute(org.apache.http.HttpHost target, org.apache.http.HttpRequest request)
Executes a request to the target using the default context.

param
target the target host for the request. Implementations may accept null if they can still determine a route, for example to a default target or by inspecting the request.
param
request the request to execute
return
the response to the request. This is always a final response, never an intermediate response with an 1xx status code. Whether redirects or authentication challenges will be returned or handled automatically depends on the implementation and configuration of this client.
throws
IOException in case of a problem or the connection was aborted
throws
ClientProtocolException in case of an http protocol error

public org.apache.http.HttpResponseexecute(org.apache.http.HttpHost target, org.apache.http.HttpRequest request, org.apache.http.protocol.HttpContext context)
Executes a request to the target using the given context.

param
target the target host for the request. Implementations may accept null if they can still determine a route, for example to a default target or by inspecting the request.
param
request the request to execute
param
context the context to use for the execution, or null to use the default context
return
the response to the request. This is always a final response, never an intermediate response with an 1xx status code. Whether redirects or authentication challenges will be returned or handled automatically depends on the implementation and configuration of this client.
throws
IOException in case of a problem or the connection was aborted
throws
ClientProtocolException in case of an http protocol error

public Texecute(org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpUriRequest request, org.apache.http.client.ResponseHandler responseHandler)
Executes a request using the default context and processes the response using the given response handler.

param
request the request to execute
param
responseHandler the response handler
return
the response object as generated by the response handler.
throws
IOException in case of a problem or the connection was aborted
throws
ClientProtocolException in case of an http protocol error

public Texecute(org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpUriRequest request, org.apache.http.client.ResponseHandler responseHandler, org.apache.http.protocol.HttpContext context)
Executes a request using the given context and processes the response using the given response handler.

param
request the request to execute
param
responseHandler the response handler
return
the response object as generated by the response handler.
throws
IOException in case of a problem or the connection was aborted
throws
ClientProtocolException in case of an http protocol error

public Texecute(org.apache.http.HttpHost target, org.apache.http.HttpRequest request, org.apache.http.client.ResponseHandler responseHandler)
Executes a request to the target using the default context and processes the response using the given response handler.

param
target the target host for the request. Implementations may accept null if they can still determine a route, for example to a default target or by inspecting the request.
param
request the request to execute
param
responseHandler the response handler
return
the response object as generated by the response handler.
throws
IOException in case of a problem or the connection was aborted
throws
ClientProtocolException in case of an http protocol error

public org.apache.http.conn.ClientConnectionManagergetConnectionManager()
Obtains the connection manager used by this client.

return
the connection manager

public org.apache.http.params.HttpParamsgetParams()
Obtains the parameters for this client. These parameters will become defaults for all requests being executed with this client, and for the parameters of dependent objects in this client.

return
the default parameters