AsyncHttpClient (Asynchronous Http Client 2.0.0-alpha14 API)

All Superinterfaces:: AutoCloseable, Closeable

All Known Implementing Classes:: DefaultAsyncHttpClient

public interface AsyncHttpClient
extends Closeable

This class support asynchronous and synchronous HTTP request.

To execute synchronous HTTP request, you just need to do

    AsyncHttpClient c = new AsyncHttpClient();
    Future f = c.prepareGet("http://www.ning.com/").execute();

The code above will block until the response is fully received. To execute asynchronous HTTP request, you create an AsyncHandler or its abstract implementation, AsyncCompletionHandler

       AsyncHttpClient c = new AsyncHttpClient();
       Future f = c.prepareGet("http://www.ning.com/").execute(new AsyncCompletionHandler() {
 
          @Override
          public Response onCompleted(Response response) throws IOException {
               // Do something
              return response;
          }
 

          @Override
          public void onThrowable(Throwable t) {
          }
      });
      Response response = f.get();
 

      // We are just interested to retrieve the status code.
     Future f = c.prepareGet("http://www.ning.com/").execute(new AsyncCompletionHandler() {
 

          @Override
          public Integer onCompleted(Response response) throws IOException {
               // Do something
              return response.getStatusCode();
          }
 

          @Override
          public void onThrowable(Throwable t) {
          }
      });
      Integer statusCode = f.get();

AsyncCompletionHandler.onCompleted(Response) will be invoked once the http response has been fully read, which include the http headers and the response body. Note that the entire response will be buffered in memory.

You can also have more control about the how the response is asynchronously processed by using a AsyncHandler

      AsyncHttpClient c = new AsyncHttpClient();
      Future f = c.prepareGet("http://www.ning.com/").execute(new AsyncHandler() {
          private StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
 
          @Override
          public STATE onStatusReceived(HttpResponseStatus s) throws Exception {
               // return STATE.CONTINUE or STATE.ABORT
               return STATE.CONTINUE
          }
 

          @Override
          public STATE onHeadersReceived(HttpResponseHeaders bodyPart) throws Exception {
               // return STATE.CONTINUE or STATE.ABORT
               return STATE.CONTINUE
 

          }
          @Override
 

          public STATE onBodyPartReceived(HttpResponseBodyPart bodyPart) throws Exception {
               builder.append(new String(bodyPart));
               // return STATE.CONTINUE or STATE.ABORT
               return STATE.CONTINUE
          }
 

          @Override
          public String onCompleted() throws Exception {
               // Will be invoked once the response has been fully read or a ResponseComplete exception
               // has been thrown.
               return builder.toString();
          }
 

          @Override
          public void onThrowable(Throwable t) {
          }
      });
 

      String bodyResponse = f.get();

HttpContent sub classes, you can asynchronously process the response status,headers and body and decide when to stop the processing the response by throwing a new {link ResponseComplete} at any moment.

This class can also be used without the need of AsyncHandler

      AsyncHttpClient c = new AsyncHttpClient();
      Future f = c.prepareGet(TARGET_URL).execute();
      Response r = f.get();

Finally, you can configure the AsyncHttpClient using an AsyncHttpClientConfig instance

      AsyncHttpClient c = new AsyncHttpClient(new AsyncHttpClientConfig.Builder().setRequestTimeoutInMs(...).build());
      Future f = c.prepareGet(TARGET_URL).execute();
      Response r = f.get();

An instance of this class will cache every HTTP 1.1 connections and close them when the AsyncHttpClientConfig.getReadTimeout() expires. This object can hold many persistent connections to different host.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method and Description
`void`	`closeAsynchronously()` Asynchronous close the `AsyncHttpClient` by spawning a thread and avoid blocking.
`ListenableFuture<Response>`	`executeRequest(Request request)` Execute an HTTP request.
`<T> ListenableFuture<T>`	`executeRequest(Request request, AsyncHandler<T> handler)` Execute an HTTP request.
`boolean`	`isClosed()` Return true if closed
`BoundRequestBuilder`	`prepareConnect(String url)` Prepare an HTTP client CONNECT request.
`BoundRequestBuilder`	`prepareDelete(String url)` Prepare an HTTP client DELETE request.
`BoundRequestBuilder`	`prepareGet(String url)` Prepare an HTTP client GET request.
`BoundRequestBuilder`	`prepareHead(String url)` Prepare an HTTP client HEAD request.
`BoundRequestBuilder`	`prepareOptions(String url)` Prepare an HTTP client OPTIONS request.
`BoundRequestBuilder`	`preparePatch(String url)` Prepare an HTTP client PATCH request.
`BoundRequestBuilder`	`preparePost(String url)` Prepare an HTTP client POST request.
`BoundRequestBuilder`	`preparePut(String url)` Prepare an HTTP client PUT request.
`BoundRequestBuilder`	`prepareRequest(Request request)` Construct a `RequestBuilder` using a `Request`
`BoundRequestBuilder`	`prepareTrace(String url)` Prepare an HTTP client TRACE request.
`AsyncHttpClient`	`setSignatureCalculator(SignatureCalculator signatureCalculator)` Set default signature calculator to use for requests build by this client instance

Methods inherited from interface java.io.Closeable
close

- Method Detail
  - closeAsynchronously
```
void closeAsynchronously()
```
    Asynchronous close the AsyncHttpClient by spawning a thread and avoid blocking.
  - isClosed
```
boolean isClosed()
```
    Return true if closed
    
    Returns:
    
    true if closed
  - setSignatureCalculator
```
AsyncHttpClient setSignatureCalculator(SignatureCalculator signatureCalculator)
```
    Set default signature calculator to use for requests build by this client instance
  - prepareGet
```
BoundRequestBuilder prepareGet(String url)
```
    Prepare an HTTP client GET request.
    
    Parameters:
    
    url - A well formed URL.
    
    Returns:
    
    RequestBuilder
  - prepareConnect
```
BoundRequestBuilder prepareConnect(String url)
```
    Prepare an HTTP client CONNECT request.
    
    Parameters:
    
    url - A well formed URL.
    
    Returns:
    
    RequestBuilder
  - prepareOptions
```
BoundRequestBuilder prepareOptions(String url)
```
    Prepare an HTTP client OPTIONS request.
    
    Parameters:
    
    url - A well formed URL.
    
    Returns:
    
    RequestBuilder
  - prepareHead
```
BoundRequestBuilder prepareHead(String url)
```
    Prepare an HTTP client HEAD request.
    
    Parameters:
    
    url - A well formed URL.
    
    Returns:
    
    RequestBuilder
  - preparePost
```
BoundRequestBuilder preparePost(String url)
```
    Prepare an HTTP client POST request.
    
    Parameters:
    
    url - A well formed URL.
    
    Returns:
    
    RequestBuilder
  - preparePut
```
BoundRequestBuilder preparePut(String url)
```
    Prepare an HTTP client PUT request.
    
    Parameters:
    
    url - A well formed URL.
    
    Returns:
    
    RequestBuilder
  - prepareDelete
```
BoundRequestBuilder prepareDelete(String url)
```
    Prepare an HTTP client DELETE request.
    
    Parameters:
    
    url - A well formed URL.
    
    Returns:
    
    RequestBuilder
  - preparePatch
```
BoundRequestBuilder preparePatch(String url)
```
    Prepare an HTTP client PATCH request.
    
    Parameters:
    
    url - A well formed URL.
    
    Returns:
    
    RequestBuilder
  - prepareTrace
```
BoundRequestBuilder prepareTrace(String url)
```
    Prepare an HTTP client TRACE request.
    
    Parameters:
    
    url - A well formed URL.
    
    Returns:
    
    RequestBuilder
  - prepareRequest
```
BoundRequestBuilder prepareRequest(Request request)
```
    Construct a RequestBuilder using a Request
    
    Parameters:
    
    request - a Request
    
    Returns:
    
    RequestBuilder
  - executeRequest
```
<T> ListenableFuture<T> executeRequest(Request request,
                                       AsyncHandler<T> handler)
```
    Execute an HTTP request.
    
    Type Parameters:
    
    T - Type of the value that will be returned by the associated Future
    
    Parameters:
    
    request - Request
    
    handler - an instance of AsyncHandler
    
    Returns:
    
    a Future of type T
  - executeRequest
```
ListenableFuture<Response> executeRequest(Request request)
```
    Execute an HTTP request.
    
    Parameters:
    
    request - Request
    
    Returns:
    
    a Future of type Response

Interface AsyncHttpClient

Method Summary

Methods inherited from interface java.io.Closeable

Method Detail

closeAsynchronously

isClosed

setSignatureCalculator

prepareGet

prepareConnect

prepareOptions

prepareHead

preparePost

preparePut

prepareDelete

preparePatch

prepareTrace

prepareRequest

executeRequest

executeRequest