org.apache.axis.transport.http

Class HTTPSender

Implemented Interfaces:
Handler, Serializable

public class HTTPSender
extends BasicHandler

This is meant to be used on a SOAP Client to call a SOAP server.
Authors:
Doug Davis (dug@us.ibm.com)
Davanum Srinivas (dims@yahoo.com)

Field Summary

protected static Log
log

Fields inherited from class org.apache.axis.handlers.BasicHandler

makeLockable, name, options

Method Summary

protected void
getSocket(SocketHolder sockHolder, MessageContext msgContext, String protocol, String host, int port, int timeout, StringBuffer otherHeaders, BooleanHolder useFullURL)
Creates a socket connection to the SOAP server
void
handleCookie(String cookieName, String setCookieName, String cookie, MessageContext msgContext)
little helper function for cookies.
void
invoke(MessageContext msgContext)
invoke creates a socket connection, sends the request SOAP message and then reads the response SOAP message back from the SOAP server

Methods inherited from class org.apache.axis.handlers.BasicHandler

canHandleBlock, cleanup, generateWSDL, getDeploymentData, getName, getOption, getOptions, getUnderstoodHeaders, init, initHashtable, onFault, setName, setOption, setOptionDefault, setOptions, setOptionsLockable

Field Details

log

protected static Log log

Method Details

getSocket

protected void getSocket(SocketHolder sockHolder,
                         MessageContext msgContext,
                         String protocol,
                         String host,
                         int port,
                         int timeout,
                         StringBuffer otherHeaders,
                         BooleanHolder useFullURL)
            throws Exception
Creates a socket connection to the SOAP server
Parameters:
protocol - "http" for standard, "https" for ssl.
host - host name
port - port to connect to
otherHeaders - buffer for storing additional headers that need to be sent
useFullURL - flag to indicate if the complete URL has to be sent

handleCookie

public void handleCookie(String cookieName,
                         String setCookieName,
                         String cookie,
                         MessageContext msgContext)
little helper function for cookies. fills up the message context with a string or an array of strings (if there are more than one Set-Cookie)
Parameters:
cookieName -
setCookieName -
cookie -
msgContext -

invoke

public void invoke(MessageContext msgContext)
            throws AxisFault
invoke creates a socket connection, sends the request SOAP message and then reads the response SOAP message back from the SOAP server
Specified by:
invoke in interface Handler
Parameters:
msgContext - the messsage context
Throws:
AxisFault -

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