org.springframework.http.client

Interface ClientHttpRequestInterceptor

public interface ClientHttpRequestInterceptor

Intercepts client-side HTTP requests. Implementations of this interface can be registered with the RestTemplate, as to modify the outgoing ClientHttpRequest and/or the incoming ClientHttpResponse.

The main entry point for interceptors is intercept(HttpRequest, byte[], ClientHttpRequestExecution).

Since:

1.0

Author:

Arjen Poutsma

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
ClientHttpResponse	intercept(HttpRequest request, byte[] body, ClientHttpRequestExecution execution) Intercept the given request, and return a response.

Method Detail

intercept

ClientHttpResponse intercept(HttpRequest request,
                           byte[] body,
                           ClientHttpRequestExecution execution)
                             throws java.io.IOException

Intercept the given request, and return a response. The given ClientHttpRequestExecution allows the interceptor to pass on the request and response to the next entity in the chain.

A typical implementation of this method would follow the following pattern:

1. Examine the request and body
2. Optionally wrap the request to filter HTTP attributes.
3. Optionally modify the body of the request.
4. Either
   • execute the request using ClientHttpRequestExecution.execute(org.springframework.http.HttpRequest, byte[]),
   or
   • do not execute the request to block the execution altogether.
5. Optionally wrap the response to filter HTTP attributes.

Parameters:

request - the request, containing method, URI, and headers

body - the body of the request

execution - the request execution

Returns:

the response

Throws:

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