org.apache.commons.latka.http
Interface Response

All Known Implementing Classes:

ResponseImpl

public interface Response

A Latka Response represents a response from an HTTP server.

Author:

Doug Sale, Morgan Delagrange

Method Summary

int	getByteLength() Returns the length of the Response stream (as bytes), or -1 if no stream is available
String	getHeader(String headerName) Check a response header.
Request	getRequest() Getter for request property
String	getResource() Returns the resource, in string form, provided by the HTTP server
int	getStatusCode()
String	getStatusText()
InputStream	getStream() Get the actual bytes returned by the web server

Method Detail

getStatusCode

int getStatusCode()

Returns:

the integer status code provided by the HTTP server.

getStatusText

String getStatusText()

Returns:

the status text (or "reason phrase") associated with the response.

getResource

String getResource()

Returns the resource, in string form, provided by the HTTP server

Returns:

the contents of the HTTP response body has a String, or null if there was no response body

getStream

InputStream getStream()

Get the actual bytes returned by the web server

Returns:

InputStream containing the HTTP response, or null if the response contains no body

getByteLength

int getByteLength()

Returns the length of the Response stream (as bytes), or -1 if no stream is available

Returns:

Byte length of the response stream

getRequest

Request getRequest()

Getter for request property

Returns:

the request that generated this response

getHeader

String getHeader(String headerName)

Check a response header. If more than one header of the same name is encountered, they are collapsed into one comma-separated String.

Parameters:

headerName - The name of the header to find in the Reponse

Returns:

the value of the header(s), or null if the header does not exist