Package org.apache.http.client

Interface RedirectHandler

All Known Implementing Classes:
DefaultRedirectHandler
public interface RedirectHandler
A handler for determining if an HTTP request should be redirected to a new location in response to an HTTP response received from the target server.

Classes implementing this interface must synchronize access to shared data as methods of this interfrace may be executed from multiple threads

Author:
Oleg Kalnichevski

  • Method Summary

    Modifier and Type Method Description
    URI getLocationURI​(HttpResponse response, HttpContext context)
    Determines the location request is expected to be redirected to given the response from the target server and the current request execution context.
    boolean isRedirectRequested​(HttpResponse response, HttpContext context)
    Determines if a request should be redirected to a new location given the response from the target server.

  • Method Details

    • isRedirectRequested

      boolean isRedirectRequested​(HttpResponse response, HttpContext context)
      Determines if a request should be redirected to a new location given the response from the target server.
      Parameters:
      response - the response received from the target server
      context - the context for the request execution
      Returns:
      true if the request should be redirected, false otherwise

    • getLocationURI

      URI getLocationURI​(HttpResponse response, HttpContext context) throws ProtocolException
      Determines the location request is expected to be redirected to given the response from the target server and the current request execution context.
      Parameters:
      response - the response received from the target server
      context - the context for the request execution
      Returns:
      redirect URI
      Throws:
      ProtocolException