com.sapportals.wcm.util.http

Interface IRequester

public interface IRequester

Requester have the main task to perform HTTP requests and return IWDResponses. A requester can be used for a series of request until released or closed.

Releasing a requester might make it available for further reuse. Closing a requester explicitly disallows reuse. This might be necessary when there is trouble with a request or, for example, when the response body needs to be discarded.

Note that requester objects are not multithread safe.

Copyright (c) SAP AG 2001-2002

Method Summary

void	close() Close the requester and disallow reuse.
int	getSoTimeout() Returns the timeout used for socket operations.
IResponse	perform(IRequest request) Send a HTTP request to the remote server and deliver the response back to the caller.
void	release() Release this requester and make it available for reuse.
void	setSoTimeout(int ms) Sets the timeout for socket operations.

Method Detail

perform

public IResponse perform(IRequest request)
                  throws WcmException

Send a HTTP request to the remote server and deliver the response back to the caller.

Parameters:

request - the HTTP request to perform

Returns:

repsonse from the server

Throws:

WcmException - on trouble with connection

release

public void release()

Release this requester and make it available for reuse.

close

public void close()

Close the requester and disallow reuse. The underlying connection will be closed.

getSoTimeout

public int getSoTimeout()

Returns the timeout used for socket operations. A timeout value of 0 means infinite timeout.

Returns:

the timeout (milliseconds) used for socket operations

setSoTimeout

public void setSoTimeout(int ms)

Sets the timeout for socket operations. A value of 0 means inifinite wait.

Parameters:

ms - soTimeout to be set