org.eclipse.jetty.client

Interface HttpClientTransport

All Superinterfaces:

ClientConnectionFactory

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractHttpClientTransport, HttpClientTransportOverFCGI, HttpClientTransportOverHTTP

public interface HttpClientTransport
extends ClientConnectionFactory

HttpClientTransport represents what transport implementations should provide in order to plug-in a different transport for HttpClient.

While the HttpClient APIs define the HTTP semantic (request, response, headers, etc.) how a HTTP exchange is carried over the network depends on implementations of this class.

The default implementation uses the HTTP protocol to carry over the network the HTTP exchange, but the HTTP exchange may also be carried using the SPDY protocol or the FCGI protocol or, in future, other protocols.

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface org.eclipse.jetty.io.ClientConnectionFactory

ClientConnectionFactory.Helper

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static String	HTTP_CONNECTION_PROMISE_CONTEXT_KEY
static String	HTTP_DESTINATION_CONTEXT_KEY

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	connect(SocketAddress address, Map<String,Object> context) Establishes a physical connection to the given address.
HttpDestination	newHttpDestination(Origin origin) Creates a new, transport-specific, HttpDestination object.
void	setHttpClient(HttpClient client) Sets the HttpClient instance on this transport.

Methods inherited from interface org.eclipse.jetty.io.ClientConnectionFactory

newConnection

Field Detail

HTTP_DESTINATION_CONTEXT_KEY

static final String HTTP_DESTINATION_CONTEXT_KEY

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Constant Field Values

HTTP_CONNECTION_PROMISE_CONTEXT_KEY

static final String HTTP_CONNECTION_PROMISE_CONTEXT_KEY

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Constant Field Values

Method Detail

setHttpClient

void setHttpClient(HttpClient client)

Sets the HttpClient instance on this transport.

This is needed because of a chicken-egg problem: in order to create the HttpClient a HttpClientTransport is needed, that therefore cannot have a reference yet to the HttpClient.

Parameters:

client - the HttpClient that uses this transport.

newHttpDestination

HttpDestination newHttpDestination(Origin origin)

Creates a new, transport-specific, HttpDestination object.

HttpDestination controls the destination-connection cardinality: protocols like HTTP have 1-N cardinality, while multiplexed protocols like SPDY have a 1-1 cardinality.

Parameters:

origin - the destination origin

Returns:

a new, transport-specific, HttpDestination object

connect

void connect(SocketAddress address,
           Map<String,Object> context)

Establishes a physical connection to the given address.

Parameters:

address - the address to connect to

context - the context information to establish the connection