Package de.iip_ecosphere.platform.support.http

Class Http

java.lang.Object

de.iip_ecosphere.platform.support.http.Http

public abstract class Http
extends Object

Generic access to HTTP. Requires an implementing plugin of type Http or an active HttpProviderDescriptor. Simplified interface akin to the Apache HTTP client.

Author:

Holger Eichelberger, SSE

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
private static Http	instance

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
Http()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
abstract HttpClient	createClient()	Creates a default client instance.
abstract HttpClient	createPooledClient()	Creates a pooled client instance.
abstract HttpPost	createPost(String uri)	Creates a POST request.
static Http	getInstance()	Returns the Http instance.
static void	setInstance(Http http)	Manually sets the instance.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Details

instance

private static Http instance

Constructor Details

Http

public Http()

Method Details

getInstance

public static Http getInstance()

Returns the Http instance.

Returns:

the instance

setInstance

public static void setInstance(Http http)

Manually sets the instance. Shall not be needed, but may be required in some tests.

Parameters:

http - the Http instance

createPost

public abstract HttpPost createPost(String uri)

Creates a POST request.

Parameters:

uri - the URI to address

Returns:

the post request

createClient

public abstract HttpClient createClient()

Creates a default client instance.

Returns:

the client instance

createPooledClient

public abstract HttpClient createPooledClient()

Creates a pooled client instance.

Returns:

the client instance