org.apache.cactus.client.connector.http
Interface ConnectionHelper

All Known Implementing Classes:

HttpClientConnectionHelper, JdkConnectionHelper

public interface ConnectionHelper

Helper class to open an HTTP connection to the server redirector and pass to it HTTP parameters, Cookies and HTTP headers. It enables different possible implementations of an HTTP connection (ex: using the JDK HttpURLConnection or using Jakarta HttpClient).

Version:

$Id: ConnectionHelper.java,v 1.3 2003/05/26 11:45:26 cmlenz Exp $

Author:

Vincent Massol

Method Summary

java.net.HttpURLConnection

connect(WebRequest theRequest, Configuration theConfiguration) Connects to the Cactus Redirector using HTTP.

Method Detail

connect

public java.net.HttpURLConnection connect(WebRequest theRequest,
                                          Configuration theConfiguration)
                                   throws java.lang.Throwable

Connects to the Cactus Redirector using HTTP.

Parameters:

theRequest - the request containing all data to pass to the server redirector.

theConfiguration - the Cactus configuration

Returns:

the HTTP Connection used to connect to the redirector.

Throws:

java.lang.Throwable - if an unexpected error occured