org.springframework.http.client
Interface ClientHttpRequestFactory

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractClientHttpRequestFactoryWrapper, BufferingClientHttpRequestFactory, CommonsClientHttpRequestFactory, HttpComponentsClientHttpRequestFactory, InterceptingClientHttpRequestFactory, SimpleClientHttpRequestFactory

public interface ClientHttpRequestFactory

Factory for ClientHttpRequest objects. Requests are created by the createRequest(URI, HttpMethod) method.

Since:

1.0

Author:

Arjen Poutsma

Method Summary

ClientHttpRequest

createRequest(java.net.URI uri, HttpMethod httpMethod) Create a new ClientHttpRequest for the specified URI and HTTP method.

Method Detail

createRequest

ClientHttpRequest createRequest(java.net.URI uri,
                                HttpMethod httpMethod)
                                throws java.io.IOException

Create a new ClientHttpRequest for the specified URI and HTTP method.

The returned request can be written to, and then executed by calling ClientHttpRequest.execute().

Parameters:

uri - the URI to create a request for

httpMethod - the HTTP method to execute

Returns:

the created request

Throws:

java.io.IOException - in case of I/O errors