org.apache.http
Interface HttpServerConnection

All Superinterfaces:

HttpConnection

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractHttpServerConnection

public interface HttpServerConnection

extends HttpConnection

An HTTP connection for use on the server side. Requests are received, responses are sent.

Since:

4.0

Version:

$Revision: 496070 $

Author:

Oleg Kalnichevski

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(HttpParams params) 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, getSocketTimeout, isOpen, isStale, setSocketTimeout, shutdown

Method Detail

receiveRequestHeader

public HttpRequest receiveRequestHeader(HttpParams params)
                                 throws HttpException,
                                        java.io.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.

Parameters:

params - the parameters in effect for this connection

Returns:

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

Throws:

HttpException

java.io.IOException

receiveRequestEntity

public void receiveRequestEntity(HttpEntityEnclosingRequest request)
                          throws HttpException,
                                 java.io.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

java.io.IOException

sendResponseHeader

public void sendResponseHeader(HttpResponse response)
                        throws HttpException,
                               java.io.IOException

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

Parameters:

response - the response whose headers to send.

Throws:

HttpException

java.io.IOException

sendResponseEntity

public void sendResponseEntity(HttpResponse response)
                        throws HttpException,
                               java.io.IOException

Sends the response entity of a response over this connection.

Parameters:

response - the response whose entity to send.

Throws:

HttpException

java.io.IOException

flush

public void flush()
           throws java.io.IOException

Sends all pending buffered data over this connection.

Throws:

java.io.IOException