java.net
Class CacheRequest

java.lang.Object
  java.net.CacheRequest

public abstract class CacheRequest

extends Object

Represents channels for storing resources in the ResponseCache. Instances of such a class provide a WriteableByteChannel object which is called by protocol handlers to store the resource data into the cache, and also an abort() method which allows a cache store operation to be interrupted and abandoned. If an IOException is encountered while reading the response or writing to the cache, the current cache store operation will be aborted.

Since:

1.5

Constructor Summary
CacheRequest()

 

Method Summary
abstract  void	abort()           Aborts the attempt to cache the response.
abstract  WritableByteChannel	getBody()           Returns a WritableByteChannel to which the response body can be written.

 

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

 

Constructor Detail

CacheRequest

public CacheRequest()

getBody

public abstract WritableByteChannel getBody()
                                     throws IOException

Returns a WritableByteChannel to which the response body can be written.

Returns:

a WritableByteChannel to which the response body can be written

Throws:

IOException - if an I/O error occurs while writing the response body

abort

public abstract void abort()

Aborts the attempt to cache the response. If an IOException is encountered while reading the response or writing to the cache, the current cache store operation will be abandoned.