rabbit.client
Class ClientBase

java.lang.Object
  rabbit.client.ClientBase

public class ClientBase
extends Object

A class for doing http requests.

Author:

Robert Olofsson

Constructor Summary

ClientBase()
Create a new ClientBase.

Method Summary

Logger	getLogger() Get the logger that this client is using
NioHandler	getNioHandler() Get the NioHandler that this client is using
URL	getRedirectedURL(HttpHeader request, String location) Create the url that the response redirected the request to.
HttpHeader	getRequest(String method, String url) Submit a new request, using the given method to the given url.
void	sendRequest(HttpHeader request, ClientListener client) Send a request and let the client be notified on response.
void	shutdown() Shutdown this client handler.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ClientBase

public ClientBase()
           throws IOException

Create a new ClientBase.

Throws:

IOException - if creating the nio handler fails

Method Detail

getRequest

public HttpHeader getRequest(String method,
                             String url)
                      throws IOException

Submit a new request, using the given method to the given url.

Parameters:

method - HEAD or GET or POST or ...

url - the url to do the http request against.

Returns:

the header of the request

Throws:

IOException - if the url is not really an URL

getNioHandler

public NioHandler getNioHandler()

Get the NioHandler that this client is using

Returns:

the current NioHandler

getLogger

public Logger getLogger()

Get the logger that this client is using

Returns:

the current logger

shutdown

public void shutdown()

Shutdown this client handler.

sendRequest

public void sendRequest(HttpHeader request,
                        ClientListener client)

Send a request and let the client be notified on response.

Parameters:

request - the request to send

client - the listener to notify with the response

getRedirectedURL

public URL getRedirectedURL(HttpHeader request,
                            String location)
                     throws IOException

Create the url that the response redirected the request to.

Parameters:

request - the actual request made

location - the redirect location

Returns:

the redirected url

Throws:

IOException - if the redirect url can not be created