Package com.softlayer.api.http

Interface HttpClient

All Superinterfaces:

AutoCloseable, Closeable

public interface HttpClient
extends Closeable

This class is not thread-safe even when using invoke async. This class will only live for the duration of one HTTP request.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
OutputStream	getBodyStream()	Stream to write body contents to (if at all).
Future<HttpResponse>	invokeAsync(Callable<?> setupBody)	Make asynchronous HTTP invocation.
Future<?>	invokeAsync(Callable<?> setupBody, ResponseHandler<HttpResponse> callback)	Callback-form of invokeAsync(Callable)
HttpResponse	invokeSync(Callable<?> setupBody)	Make synchronous HTTP invocation.

Methods inherited from interface java.io.Closeable

close

Method Details

getBodyStream

OutputStream getBodyStream()

Stream to write body contents to (if at all). When called, callers are expected to close it.

invokeSync

HttpResponse invokeSync(Callable<?> setupBody)

Make synchronous HTTP invocation. Throws if unable to connect. Errors from the API are returned normally.

invokeAsync

Future<HttpResponse> invokeAsync(Callable<?> setupBody)

Make asynchronous HTTP invocation. All errors (inability to connect or API errors) are in the future.

invokeAsync

Future<?> invokeAsync(Callable<?> setupBody, ResponseHandler<HttpResponse> callback)

Callback-form of invokeAsync(Callable)