HTTPClient
Class Request

java.lang.Object
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  +--HTTPClient.Request

public final class Request

extends Object

implements RoRequest, Cloneable

This class represents an http request. It's used by classes which implement the HTTPClientModule interface.

Version:

0.3-3 06/05/2001

Author:

Ronald Tschalär

Constructor Summary

Request(HTTPConnection con, String method, String req_uri, NVPair[] headers, byte[] data, HttpOutputStream stream, boolean allow_ui)
Creates a new request structure.

Method Summary

boolean	allowUI()
Object	clone()
void	copyFrom(Request other) Copy all the fields from other to this request.
HTTPConnection	getConnection()
byte[]	getData()
NVPair[]	getHeaders()
String	getMethod()
String	getRequestURI()
HttpOutputStream	getStream()
void	setAllowUI(boolean allow_ui)
void	setConnection(HTTPConnection con)
void	setData(byte[] data)
void	setHeaders(NVPair[] headers)
void	setMethod(String method)
void	setRequestURI(String req_uri)
void	setStream(HttpOutputStream stream)
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Request

public Request(HTTPConnection con,
               String method,
               String req_uri,
               NVPair[] headers,
               byte[] data,
               HttpOutputStream stream,
               boolean allow_ui)

Creates a new request structure.

Parameters:

con - the current HTTPConnection

method - the request method

req_uri - the request-uri

headers - the request headers

data - the entity as a byte[]

stream - the entity as a stream

allow_ui - allow user interaction

Method Detail

getConnection

public HTTPConnection getConnection()

Specified by:

getConnection in interface RoRequest

Returns:

the HTTPConnection this request is associated with

setConnection

public void setConnection(HTTPConnection con)

Parameters:

con - the HTTPConnection this request is associated with

getMethod

public String getMethod()

Specified by:

getMethod in interface RoRequest

Returns:

the request method

setMethod

public void setMethod(String method)

Parameters:

method - the request method (e.g. GET, POST, etc)

getRequestURI

public String getRequestURI()

Specified by:

getRequestURI in interface RoRequest

Returns:

the request-uri

setRequestURI

public void setRequestURI(String req_uri)

Parameters:

req_uri - the request-uri

getHeaders

public NVPair[] getHeaders()

Specified by:

getHeaders in interface RoRequest

Returns:

the headers making up this request

setHeaders

public void setHeaders(NVPair[] headers)

Parameters:

headers - the headers for this request

getData

public byte[] getData()

Specified by:

getData in interface RoRequest

Returns:

the body of this request

setData

public void setData(byte[] data)

Parameters:

data - the entity for this request

getStream

public HttpOutputStream getStream()

Specified by:

getStream in interface RoRequest

Returns:

the output stream on which the body is written

setStream

public void setStream(HttpOutputStream stream)

Parameters:

stream - an output stream on which the entity is written

allowUI

public boolean allowUI()

Specified by:

allowUI in interface RoRequest

Returns:

true if the modules or handlers for this request may popup windows or otherwise interact with the user

setAllowUI

public void setAllowUI(boolean allow_ui)

Parameters:

allow_ui - are modules and handlers allowed to popup windows or otherwise interact with the user?

clone

public Object clone()

Overrides:

clone in class Object

Returns:

a clone of this request object

copyFrom

public void copyFrom(Request other)

Copy all the fields from other to this request.

Parameters:

other - the Request to copy from

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object

Returns:

a string containing the method and request-uri