com.ning.http.client
Interface AsyncHttpProvider

All Known Implementing Classes:

ApacheAsyncHttpProvider, JDKAsyncHttpProvider, NettyAsyncHttpProvider

public interface AsyncHttpProvider

Interface to be used when implementing custom asynchronous I/O HTTP client. By default, the NettyAsyncHttpProvider is used.

Method Summary

void	close() Close the current underlying TCP/HTTP connection.
<T> ListenableFuture<T>	execute(Request request, AsyncHandler<T> handler) Execute the request and invoke the AsyncHandler when the response arrive.
Response	prepareResponse(HttpResponseStatus status, HttpResponseHeaders headers, Collection<HttpResponseBodyPart> bodyParts) Prepare a Response

Method Detail

execute

<T> ListenableFuture<T> execute(Request request,
                                AsyncHandler<T> handler)
                            throws IOException

Execute the request and invoke the AsyncHandler when the response arrive.

Parameters:

handler - an instance of AsyncHandler

Returns:

a ListenableFuture of Type T.

Throws:

IOException

close

void close()

Close the current underlying TCP/HTTP connection.

prepareResponse

Response prepareResponse(HttpResponseStatus status,
                         HttpResponseHeaders headers,
                         Collection<HttpResponseBodyPart> bodyParts)

Prepare a Response

Parameters:

status - HttpResponseStatus

headers - HttpResponseHeaders

bodyParts - list of HttpResponseBodyPart

Returns:

a Response