org.apache.http.conn
Interface HttpClientConnectionManager

All Known Implementing Classes:

BasicHttpClientConnectionManager, PoolingHttpClientConnectionManager

public interface HttpClientConnectionManager

Represents a manager of persistent client connections.

The purpose of an HTTP connection manager is to serve as a factory for new HTTP connections, manage persistent connections and synchronize access to persistent connections making sure that only one thread of execution can have access to a connection at a time.

Implementations of this interface must be thread-safe. Access to shared data must be synchronized as methods of this interface may be executed from multiple threads.

Since:

4.3

Method Summary

void	closeExpiredConnections() Closes all expired connections in the pool.
void	closeIdleConnections(long idletime, TimeUnit tunit) Closes idle connections in the pool.
void	connect(HttpClientConnection conn, HttpRoute route, int connectTimeout, HttpContext context)
void	releaseConnection(HttpClientConnection conn, Object newState, long validDuration, TimeUnit timeUnit) Releases a connection for use by others.
ConnectionRequest	requestConnection(HttpRoute route, Object state) Returns a new ClientConnectionRequest, from which a HttpClientConnection can be obtained or the request can be aborted.
void	routeComplete(HttpClientConnection conn, HttpRoute route, HttpContext context)
void	shutdown() Shuts down this connection manager and releases allocated resources.
void	upgrade(HttpClientConnection conn, HttpRoute route, HttpContext context)

Method Detail

requestConnection

ConnectionRequest requestConnection(HttpRoute route,
                                    Object state)

Returns a new ClientConnectionRequest, from which a HttpClientConnection can be obtained or the request can be aborted.

releaseConnection

void releaseConnection(HttpClientConnection conn,
                       Object newState,
                       long validDuration,
                       TimeUnit timeUnit)

Releases a connection for use by others. You may optionally specify how long the connection is valid to be reused. Values <= 0 are considered to be valid forever. If the connection is not marked as reusable, the connection will not be reused regardless of the valid duration. If the connection has been released before, the call will be ignored.

Parameters:

conn - the connection to release

validDuration - the duration of time this connection is valid for reuse

timeUnit - the unit of time validDuration is measured in

See Also:

closeExpiredConnections()

connect

void connect(HttpClientConnection conn,
             HttpRoute route,
             int connectTimeout,
             HttpContext context)
             throws IOException

Throws:

IOException

upgrade

void upgrade(HttpClientConnection conn,
             HttpRoute route,
             HttpContext context)
             throws IOException

Throws:

IOException

routeComplete

void routeComplete(HttpClientConnection conn,
                   HttpRoute route,
                   HttpContext context)
                   throws IOException

Throws:

IOException

closeIdleConnections

void closeIdleConnections(long idletime,
                          TimeUnit tunit)

Closes idle connections in the pool. Open connections in the pool that have not been used for the timespan given by the argument will be closed. Currently allocated connections are not subject to this method. Times will be checked with milliseconds precision All expired connections will also be closed.

Parameters:

idletime - the idle time of connections to be closed

tunit - the unit for the idletime

See Also:

closeExpiredConnections()

closeExpiredConnections

void closeExpiredConnections()

Closes all expired connections in the pool. Open connections in the pool that have not been used for the timespan defined when the connection was released will be closed. Currently allocated connections are not subject to this method. Times will be checked with milliseconds precision.

shutdown

void shutdown()

Shuts down this connection manager and releases allocated resources. This includes closing all connections, whether they are currently used or not.