com.noelios.restlet.http
Class HttpClientHelper

java.lang.Object
  org.restlet.util.Helper
      com.noelios.restlet.ConnectorHelper
          com.noelios.restlet.ClientHelper
              com.noelios.restlet.http.HttpClientHelper

Direct Known Subclasses:

StreamClientHelper

public abstract class HttpClientHelper
extends ClientHelper

Base HTTP client connector. Here is the list of parameters that are supported:

Parameter name	Value type	Default value	Description
converter	String	com.noelios.restlet.http.HttpClientConverter	Class name of the converter of low-level HTTP calls into high level requests and responses.

Author:

Jerome Louvel (contact@noelios.com)

Constructor Summary

HttpClientHelper(Client client)
Constructor.

Method Summary

abstract HttpClientCall	create(Request request) Creates a low-level HTTP client call from a high-level request.
HttpClientConverter	getConverter() Returns the converter from uniform calls to HTTP calls.
void	handle(Request request, Response response) Handles a call.
void	setConverter(HttpClientConverter converter) Sets the converter from uniform calls to HTTP calls.

Methods inherited from class com.noelios.restlet.ClientHelper

getClient, getContext, getLogger, getParameters

Methods inherited from class com.noelios.restlet.ConnectorHelper

createContext, getProtocols, start, stop

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

HttpClientHelper

public HttpClientHelper(Client client)

Constructor.

Parameters:

client - The client to help.

Method Detail

create

public abstract HttpClientCall create(Request request)

Creates a low-level HTTP client call from a high-level request.

Parameters:

request - The high-level request.

Returns:

A low-level HTTP client call.

handle

public void handle(Request request,
                   Response response)

Description copied from class: ConnectorHelper

Handles a call.

Overrides:

handle in class ConnectorHelper

Parameters:

request - The request to handle.

response - The response to update.

getConverter

public HttpClientConverter getConverter()
                                 throws Exception

Returns the converter from uniform calls to HTTP calls.

Returns:

the converter from uniform calls to HTTP calls.

Throws:

Exception

setConverter

public void setConverter(HttpClientConverter converter)

Sets the converter from uniform calls to HTTP calls.

Parameters:

converter - The converter to set.