Package org.jclouds.rest

Interface HttpClient

All Superinterfaces:

AutoCloseable, Closeable

public interface HttpClient
extends Closeable

Simple client

Method Summary

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.