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1 /* |
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2 * ==================================================================== |
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3 * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one |
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4 * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file |
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5 * distributed with this work for additional information |
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6 * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file |
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7 * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the |
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8 * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance |
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9 * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at |
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10 * |
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11 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 |
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12 * |
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13 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, |
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14 * software distributed under the License is distributed on an |
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15 * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY |
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16 * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the |
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17 * specific language governing permissions and limitations |
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18 * under the License. |
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19 * ==================================================================== |
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20 * |
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21 * This software consists of voluntary contributions made by many |
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22 * individuals on behalf of the Apache Software Foundation. For more |
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23 * information on the Apache Software Foundation, please see |
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24 * <http://www.apache.org/>. |
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25 * |
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26 */ |
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27 |
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28 package ch.boye.httpclientandroidlib; |
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29 |
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30 import java.io.IOException; |
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31 |
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32 /** |
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33 * A generic HTTP connection, useful on client and server side. |
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34 * |
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35 * @since 4.0 |
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36 */ |
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37 public interface HttpConnection { |
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38 |
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39 /** |
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40 * Closes this connection gracefully. |
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41 * This method will attempt to flush the internal output |
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42 * buffer prior to closing the underlying socket. |
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43 * This method MUST NOT be called from a different thread to force |
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44 * shutdown of the connection. Use {@link #shutdown shutdown} instead. |
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45 */ |
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46 public void close() throws IOException; |
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47 |
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48 /** |
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49 * Checks if this connection is open. |
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50 * @return true if it is open, false if it is closed. |
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51 */ |
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52 public boolean isOpen(); |
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53 |
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54 /** |
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55 * Checks whether this connection has gone down. |
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56 * Network connections may get closed during some time of inactivity |
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57 * for several reasons. The next time a read is attempted on such a |
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58 * connection it will throw an IOException. |
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59 * This method tries to alleviate this inconvenience by trying to |
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60 * find out if a connection is still usable. Implementations may do |
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61 * that by attempting a read with a very small timeout. Thus this |
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62 * method may block for a small amount of time before returning a result. |
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63 * It is therefore an <i>expensive</i> operation. |
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64 * |
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65 * @return <code>true</code> if attempts to use this connection are |
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66 * likely to succeed, or <code>false</code> if they are likely |
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67 * to fail and this connection should be closed |
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68 */ |
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69 public boolean isStale(); |
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70 |
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71 /** |
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72 * Sets the socket timeout value. |
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73 * |
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74 * @param timeout timeout value in milliseconds |
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75 */ |
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76 void setSocketTimeout(int timeout); |
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77 |
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78 /** |
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79 * Returns the socket timeout value. |
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80 * |
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81 * @return positive value in milliseconds if a timeout is set, |
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82 * <code>0</code> if timeout is disabled or <code>-1</code> if |
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83 * timeout is undefined. |
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84 */ |
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85 int getSocketTimeout(); |
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86 |
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87 /** |
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88 * Force-closes this connection. |
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89 * This is the only method of a connection which may be called |
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90 * from a different thread to terminate the connection. |
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91 * This method will not attempt to flush the transmitter's |
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92 * internal buffer prior to closing the underlying socket. |
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93 */ |
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94 public void shutdown() throws IOException; |
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95 |
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96 /** |
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97 * Returns a collection of connection metrics. |
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98 * |
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99 * @return HttpConnectionMetrics |
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100 */ |
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101 HttpConnectionMetrics getMetrics(); |
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102 |
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103 } |