HttpClient (Apache jclouds 2.4.0 API)

All Superinterfaces:

AutoCloseable, Closeable
```
public interface HttpClient
extends Closeable
```
Simple client

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`boolean`	`delete(URI location)`
`boolean`	`exists(URI location)`
`InputStream`	`get(URI location)`
`HttpResponse`	`invoke(HttpRequest request)`
`String`	`post(URI location, Payload payload)`
`String`	`put(URI location, Payload payload)`

Methods inherited from interface java.io.Closeable
close

Method Detail

put

@PUT
String put(URI location,
           Payload payload)

Returns:: eTag

post

@POST
String post(URI location,
            Payload payload)

Returns:: eTag

exists
```
@HEAD
boolean exists(URI location)
```
See Also:

exists(java.net.URI)

get
```
@GET
InputStream get(URI location)
```
Returns:

null if the resource didn't exist.

invoke
```
HttpResponse invoke(HttpRequest request)
```
Parameters:

request -

Returns:

response, but make sure you consume its content.

delete
```
@DELETE
boolean delete(URI location)
```
Returns:

false if the resource didn't exist.