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 an OutputStream 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 OutputStream	getBody () Returns an OutputStream 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()

Method Detail

getBody

public abstract OutputStream    getBody()
                              throws IOException   

Returns an OutputStream to which the response body can be written.

Returns:

an OutputStream 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.