org.apache.http
Interface HttpServerConnection

All Superinterfaces:

Closeable, HttpConnection

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractHttpServerConnection, DefaultBHttpServerConnection, DefaultHttpServerConnection, SocketHttpServerConnection

public interface HttpServerConnection
extends HttpConnection

A server-side HTTP connection, which can be used for receiving requests and sending responses.

Since:

4.0

Method Summary

void	flush() Sends all pending buffered data over this connection.
void	receiveRequestEntity(HttpEntityEnclosingRequest request) Receives the next request entity available from this connection and attaches it to an existing request.
HttpRequest	receiveRequestHeader() Receives the request line and all headers available from this connection.
void	sendResponseEntity(HttpResponse response) Sends the response entity of a response over this connection.
void	sendResponseHeader(HttpResponse response) Sends the response line and headers of a response over this connection.

Methods inherited from interface org.apache.http.HttpConnection

close, getMetrics, getSocketTimeout, isOpen, isStale, setSocketTimeout, shutdown

Method Detail

receiveRequestHeader

HttpRequest receiveRequestHeader()
                                 throws HttpException,
                                        IOException

Receives the request line and all headers available from this connection. The caller should examine the returned request and decide if to receive a request entity as well.

Returns:

a new HttpRequest object whose request line and headers are initialized.

Throws:

HttpException - in case of HTTP protocol violation

IOException - in case of an I/O error

receiveRequestEntity

void receiveRequestEntity(HttpEntityEnclosingRequest request)
                          throws HttpException,
                                 IOException

Receives the next request entity available from this connection and attaches it to an existing request.

Parameters:

request - the request to attach the entity to.

Throws:

HttpException - in case of HTTP protocol violation

IOException - in case of an I/O error

sendResponseHeader

void sendResponseHeader(HttpResponse response)
                        throws HttpException,
                               IOException

Sends the response line and headers of a response over this connection.

Parameters:

response - the response whose headers to send.

Throws:

HttpException - in case of HTTP protocol violation

IOException - in case of an I/O error

sendResponseEntity

void sendResponseEntity(HttpResponse response)
                        throws HttpException,
                               IOException

Sends the response entity of a response over this connection.

Parameters:

response - the response whose entity to send.

Throws:

HttpException - in case of HTTP protocol violation

IOException - in case of an I/O error

flush

void flush()
           throws IOException

Sends all pending buffered data over this connection.

Throws:

IOException - in case of an I/O error