com.beowulfchain.beowulfj.communication

Class AbstractClient

java.lang.Object

com.beowulfchain.beowulfj.communication.AbstractClient

Direct Known Subclasses:

HttpClient, WebsocketClient

public abstract class AbstractClient
extends Object

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
AbstractClient()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
abstract void	closeConnection() Use this method to close the connection of this client.
abstract JsonRPCResponse	invokeAndReadResponse(JsonRPCRequest requestObject, URI endpointUri, boolean sslVerificationDisabled) Use this method to send a requestObject to the endpointUri and to receive an answer.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

AbstractClient

public AbstractClient()

Method Detail

invokeAndReadResponse

public abstract JsonRPCResponse invokeAndReadResponse(JsonRPCRequest requestObject,
                                                      URI endpointUri,
                                                      boolean sslVerificationDisabled)
                                               throws BeowulfCommunicationException,
                                                      BeowulfResponseException

Use this method to send a requestObject to the endpointUri and to receive an answer.

Parameters:

requestObject - The object to send.

endpointUri - The endpoint to connect and send to.

sslVerificationDisabled - Define if the SSL verification should be disabled.

Returns:

The response returned by the Beowulf Node wrapped in a JsonRPCResponse object.

Throws:

BeowulfCommunicationException - In case of communication problems.

BeowulfResponseException - If the answer received from the node is no valid JSON.

closeConnection

public abstract void closeConnection()
                              throws IOException

Use this method to close the connection of this client.

Throws:

IOException - If the connection can't be closed.