org.apache.hc.client5.http.classic

Interface HttpClient

All Known Implementing Classes:

CloseableHttpClient, MinimalHttpClient

public interface HttpClient

This interface represents only the most basic contract for HTTP request execution. It imposes no restrictions or particular details on the request execution process and leaves the specifics of state management, authentication and redirect handling up to individual implementations.

Since:

4.0

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
HttpResponse	execute(ClassicHttpRequest request) Executes HTTP request using the default context.
<T> T	execute(ClassicHttpRequest request, HttpClientResponseHandler<? extends T> responseHandler) Executes HTTP request using the default context and processes the response using the given response handler.
HttpResponse	execute(ClassicHttpRequest request, HttpContext context) Executes HTTP request using the given context.
<T> T	execute(ClassicHttpRequest request, HttpContext context, HttpClientResponseHandler<? extends T> responseHandler) Executes HTTP request using the given context and processes the response using the given response handler.
ClassicHttpResponse	execute(HttpHost target, ClassicHttpRequest request) Executes HTTP request using the default context.
<T> T	execute(HttpHost target, ClassicHttpRequest request, HttpClientResponseHandler<? extends T> responseHandler) Executes HTTP request to the target using the default context and processes the response using the given response handler.
HttpResponse	execute(HttpHost target, ClassicHttpRequest request, HttpContext context) Executes HTTP request using the given context.
<T> T	execute(HttpHost target, ClassicHttpRequest request, HttpContext context, HttpClientResponseHandler<? extends T> responseHandler) Executes HTTP request to the target using the given context and processes the response using the given response handler.

Method Detail

execute

HttpResponse execute(ClassicHttpRequest request)
              throws IOException

Executes HTTP request using the default context.

Parameters:

request - the request to execute

Returns:

the response to the request. This is always a final response, never an intermediate response with an 1xx status code. Whether redirects or authentication challenges will be returned or handled automatically depends on the implementation and configuration of this client.

Throws:

IOException - in case of a problem or the connection was aborted

execute

<T> T execute(ClassicHttpRequest request,
              HttpClientResponseHandler<? extends T> responseHandler)
       throws IOException

Executes HTTP request using the default context and processes the response using the given response handler.

Implementing classes are required to ensure that the content entity associated with the response is fully consumed and the underlying connection is released back to the connection manager automatically in all cases relieving individual HttpClientResponseHandlers from having to manage resource deallocation internally.

Parameters:

request - the request to execute

responseHandler - the response handler

Returns:

the response object as generated by the response handler.

Throws:

IOException - in case of a problem or the connection was aborted

execute

HttpResponse execute(ClassicHttpRequest request,
                     HttpContext context)
              throws IOException

Executes HTTP request using the given context.

Parameters:

request - the request to execute

context - the context to use for the execution, or null to use the default context

Returns:

the response to the request. This is always a final response, never an intermediate response with an 1xx status code. Whether redirects or authentication challenges will be returned or handled automatically depends on the implementation and configuration of this client.

Throws:

IOException - in case of a problem or the connection was aborted

execute

<T> T execute(ClassicHttpRequest request,
              HttpContext context,
              HttpClientResponseHandler<? extends T> responseHandler)
       throws IOException

Executes HTTP request using the given context and processes the response using the given response handler.

Implementing classes are required to ensure that the content entity associated with the response is fully consumed and the underlying connection is released back to the connection manager automatically in all cases relieving individual HttpClientResponseHandlers from having to manage resource deallocation internally.

Parameters:

request - the request to execute

context - the context to use for the execution, or null to use the default context

responseHandler - the response handler

Returns:

the response object as generated by the response handler.

Throws:

IOException - in case of a problem or the connection was aborted

execute

ClassicHttpResponse execute(HttpHost target,
                            ClassicHttpRequest request)
                     throws IOException

Executes HTTP request using the default context.

Parameters:

target - the target host for the request. Implementations may accept null if they can still determine a route, for example to a default target or by inspecting the request.

request - the request to execute

Returns:

the response to the request. This is always a final response, never an intermediate response with an 1xx status code. Whether redirects or authentication challenges will be returned or handled automatically depends on the implementation and configuration of this client.

Throws:

IOException - in case of a problem or the connection was aborted

execute

<T> T execute(HttpHost target,
              ClassicHttpRequest request,
              HttpClientResponseHandler<? extends T> responseHandler)
       throws IOException

Executes HTTP request to the target using the default context and processes the response using the given response handler.

Implementing classes are required to ensure that the content entity associated with the response is fully consumed and the underlying connection is released back to the connection manager automatically in all cases relieving individual HttpClientResponseHandlers from having to manage resource deallocation internally.

Parameters:

target - the target host for the request. Implementations may accept null if they can still determine a route, for example to a default target or by inspecting the request.

request - the request to execute

responseHandler - the response handler

Returns:

the response object as generated by the response handler.

Throws:

IOException - in case of a problem or the connection was aborted

execute

HttpResponse execute(HttpHost target,
                     ClassicHttpRequest request,
                     HttpContext context)
              throws IOException

Executes HTTP request using the given context.

Parameters:

target - the target host for the request. Implementations may accept null if they can still determine a route, for example to a default target or by inspecting the request.

request - the request to execute

context - the context to use for the execution, or null to use the default context

Returns:

the response to the request. This is always a final response, never an intermediate response with an 1xx status code. Whether redirects or authentication challenges will be returned or handled automatically depends on the implementation and configuration of this client.

Throws:

IOException - in case of a problem or the connection was aborted

execute

<T> T execute(HttpHost target,
              ClassicHttpRequest request,
              HttpContext context,
              HttpClientResponseHandler<? extends T> responseHandler)
       throws IOException

Executes HTTP request to the target using the given context and processes the response using the given response handler.

Implementing classes are required to ensure that the content entity associated with the response is fully consumed and the underlying connection is released back to the connection manager automatically in all cases relieving individual HttpClientResponseHandlers from having to manage resource deallocation internally.

Parameters:

target - the target host for the request. Implementations may accept null if they can still determine a route, for example to a default target or by inspecting the request.

request - the request to execute

context - the context to use for the execution, or null to use the default context

responseHandler - the response handler

Returns:

the response object as generated by the response handler.

Throws:

IOException - in case of a problem or the connection was aborted