org.apache.http
Interface HttpResponseInterceptor

All Known Subinterfaces:

HttpProcessor

All Known Implementing Classes:

BasicHttpProcessor, ImmutableHttpProcessor, ResponseConnControl, ResponseContent, ResponseDate, ResponseServer

public interface HttpResponseInterceptor

HTTP protocol interceptor is a routine that implements a specific aspect of the HTTP protocol. Usually protocol interceptors are expected to act upon one specific header or a group of related headers of the incoming message or populate the outgoing message with one specific header or a group of related headers. Protocol

Interceptors can also manipulate content entities enclosed with messages. Usually this is accomplished by using the 'Decorator' pattern where a wrapper entity class is used to decorate the original entity.

Protocol interceptors must be implemented as thread-safe. Similarly to servlets, protocol interceptors should not use instance variables unless access to those variables is synchronized.

Since:

4.0

Method Summary

void	process(HttpResponse response, HttpContext context) Processes a response.

Method Detail

process

void process(HttpResponse response,
             HttpContext context)
             throws HttpException,
                    IOException

Processes a response. On the server side, this step is performed before the response is sent to the client. On the client side, this step is performed on incoming messages before the message body is evaluated.

Parameters:

response - the response to postprocess

context - the context for the request

Throws:

HttpException - in case of an HTTP protocol violation

IOException - in case of an I/O error