aQute.bnd.service.url

Interface URLConnector

All Known Implementing Classes:

HttpClient

public interface URLConnector

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
InputStream	connect(URL url) Connect to the specified URL.
TaggedData	connectTagged(URL url) Connect to the specified URL, also returning the ETag if available.
TaggedData	connectTagged(URL url, String tag) Connect to the specified URL while providing the last known tag for the remote resource; the response will be null if the remote resource is unchanged.

Method Detail

connect

InputStream connect(URL url)
             throws IOException,
                    Exception

Connect to the specified URL.

Parameters:

url -

Throws:

IOException

Exception

connectTagged

TaggedData connectTagged(URL url)
                  throws Exception

Connect to the specified URL, also returning the ETag if available.

Parameters:

url - The remote URL.

Returns:

An instance of TaggedData; note that the TaggedData.getTag() method may return null if the resource has no tag.

Throws:

IOException - @since 1.1

Exception

connectTagged

TaggedData connectTagged(URL url,
                         String tag)
                  throws Exception

Connect to the specified URL while providing the last known tag for the remote resource; the response will be null if the remote resource is unchanged.

Parameters:

url - The remote URL.

tag - The last known tag value for the resource.

Returns:

An instance of TaggedData, or null if the resource has not modified (i.e., if it has the same tag value).

Throws:

IOException - @since 1.1

Exception