Package org.apache.http

Interface HttpResponse

All Superinterfaces:

HttpMessage

All Known Subinterfaces:

CloseableHttpResponse

All Known Implementing Classes:

BasicHttpResponse

public interface HttpResponse
extends HttpMessage

After receiving and interpreting a request message, a server responds with an HTTP response message.

     Response      = Status-Line
                     *(( general-header
                      | response-header
                      | entity-header ) CRLF)
                     CRLF
                     [ message-body ]
 

Since:

4.0

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
HttpEntity	getEntity()	Obtains the message entity of this response, if any.
Locale	getLocale()	Obtains the locale of this response.
StatusLine	getStatusLine()	Obtains the status line of this response.
void	setEntity(HttpEntity entity)	Associates a response entity with this response.
void	setLocale(Locale loc)	Changes the locale of this response.
void	setReasonPhrase(String reason)	Updates the status line of this response with a new reason phrase.
void	setStatusCode(int code)	Updates the status line of this response with a new status code.
void	setStatusLine(ProtocolVersion ver, int code)	Sets the status line of this response.
void	setStatusLine(ProtocolVersion ver, int code, String reason)	Sets the status line of this response with a reason phrase.
void	setStatusLine(StatusLine statusline)	Sets the status line of this response.

Methods inherited from interface org.apache.http.HttpMessage

addHeader, addHeader, containsHeader, getAllHeaders, getFirstHeader, getHeaders, getLastHeader, getParams, getProtocolVersion, headerIterator, headerIterator, removeHeader, removeHeaders, setHeader, setHeader, setHeaders, setParams

Method Details

getStatusLine

StatusLine getStatusLine()

Obtains the status line of this response. The status line can be set using one of the setStatusLine methods, or it can be initialized in a constructor.

Returns:

the status line, or null if not yet set

setStatusLine

void setStatusLine(StatusLine statusline)

Sets the status line of this response.

Parameters:

statusline - the status line of this response

setStatusLine

void setStatusLine(ProtocolVersion ver,
 int code)

Sets the status line of this response. The reason phrase will be determined based on the current locale.

Parameters:

ver - the HTTP version

code - the status code

setStatusLine

void setStatusLine(ProtocolVersion ver,
 int code,
 String reason)

Sets the status line of this response with a reason phrase.

Parameters:

ver - the HTTP version

code - the status code

reason - the reason phrase, or null to omit

setStatusCode

void setStatusCode(int code)
            throws IllegalStateException

Updates the status line of this response with a new status code.

Parameters:

code - the HTTP status code.

Throws:

IllegalStateException - if the status line has not be set

See Also:

• HttpStatus
• setStatusLine(StatusLine)
• setStatusLine(ProtocolVersion,int)

setReasonPhrase

void setReasonPhrase(String reason)
              throws IllegalStateException

Updates the status line of this response with a new reason phrase.

Parameters:

reason - the new reason phrase as a single-line string, or null to unset the reason phrase

Throws:

IllegalStateException - if the status line has not be set

See Also:

• setStatusLine(StatusLine)
• setStatusLine(ProtocolVersion,int)

getEntity

HttpEntity getEntity()

Obtains the message entity of this response, if any. The entity is provided by calling setEntity.

Returns:

the response entity, or null if there is none

setEntity

void setEntity(HttpEntity entity)

Associates a response entity with this response.

Please note that if an entity has already been set for this response and it depends on an input stream (HttpEntity.isStreaming() returns true), it must be fully consumed in order to ensure release of resources.

Parameters:

entity - the entity to associate with this response, or null to unset

See Also:

• HttpEntity.isStreaming()
• EntityUtils.updateEntity(HttpResponse, HttpEntity)

getLocale

Locale getLocale()

Obtains the locale of this response. The locale is used to determine the reason phrase for the status code. It can be changed using setLocale.

Returns:

the locale of this response, never null

setLocale

void setLocale(Locale loc)

Changes the locale of this response.

Parameters:

loc - the new locale