Package org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods

Interface RequestEntity

All Known Implementing Classes:

ByteArrayRequestEntity, FileRequestEntity, InputStreamRequestEntity, MultipartRequestEntity, StringRequestEntity

@Deprecated
public interface RequestEntity

Deprecated.

Jakarta Commons HttpClient 3.x is deprecated in the Jenkins project. It is not recommended to use it in any new code. Instead, use HTTP client API plugins as a dependency in your code. E.g. Apache HttpComponents Client API 4.x Plugin or Async HTTP Client Plugin.

Since:

3.0

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
long	getContentLength()	Deprecated. Gets the request entity's length.
String	getContentType()	Deprecated. Gets the entity's content type.
boolean	isRepeatable()	Deprecated. Tests if writeRequest(OutputStream) can be called more than once.
void	writeRequest(OutputStream out)	Deprecated. Writes the request entity to the given stream.

Method Details

isRepeatable

boolean isRepeatable()

Deprecated.

Tests if writeRequest(OutputStream) can be called more than once.

Returns:

true if the entity can be written to OutputStream more than once, false otherwise.

writeRequest

void writeRequest(OutputStream out)
           throws IOException

Deprecated.

Writes the request entity to the given stream.

Parameters:

out -

Throws:

IOException

getContentLength

long getContentLength()

Deprecated.

Gets the request entity's length. This method should return a non-negative value if the content length is known or a negative value if it is not. In the latter case the EntityEnclosingMethod will use chunk encoding to transmit the request entity.

Returns:

a non-negative value when content length is known or a negative value when content length is not known

getContentType

String getContentType()

Deprecated.

Gets the entity's content type. This content type will be used as the value for the "Content-Type" header.

Returns:

the entity's content type

See Also:

• HttpMethod.setRequestHeader(String, String)