Package org.apache.http

The core interfaces and classes of the HTTP components. These deal with the fundamental things required for using the HTTP protocol, such as representing a message including it's headers and optional entity, and connections over which messages are sent. In order to prepare messages before sending or after receiving, there are interceptors for requests and responses.

Interface Summary

Interface	Description
ConnectionReuseStrategy	Interface for deciding whether a connection should be kept alive.
FormattedHeader	An HTTP header which is already formatted.
Header	Represents an HTTP header field.
HeaderElement	One element of an HTTP header value.
HeaderElementIterator	A type-safe iterator for HeaderElement objects.
HeaderIterator	A type-safe iterator for Header objects.
HttpClientConnection	An HTTP connection for use on the client side.
HttpConnection	A generic HTTP connection, useful on client and server side.
HttpConnectionMetrics	The point of access to the statistics of an HttpConnection.
HttpEntity	An entity that can be sent or received with an HTTP message.
HttpEntityEnclosingRequest	A request with an entity.
HttpInetConnection	An HTTP connection over the Internet Protocol (IP).
HttpMessage	A generic HTTP message.
HttpRequest	An HTTP request.
HttpRequestFactory	A factory for HttpRequest objects.
HttpRequestInterceptor	Processes a request.
HttpResponse	An HTTP response.
HttpResponseFactory	A factory for HttpResponse objects.
HttpResponseInterceptor	Processes a response.
HttpServerConnection	An HTTP connection for use on the server side.
HttpStatus	Constants enumerating the HTTP status codes.
NameValuePair	A simple class encapsulating an attribute/value pair.
ReasonPhraseCatalog	Interface for obtaining reason phrases for HTTP status codes.
RequestLine	The first line of an HttpRequest.
StatusLine	Represents a status line as returned from a HTTP server.
TokenIterator	An iterator for String tokens.

Class Summary

Class	Description
HttpHost	Holds all of the variables needed to describe an HTTP connection to a host.
HttpVersion	Represents an HTTP version, as specified in RFC 2616.
ProtocolVersion	Represents a protocol version, as specified in RFC 2616.

Exception Summary

Exception	Description
ConnectionClosedException	Indicates that a connection has been closed.
HttpException	Signals that an HTTP exception has occurred.
MalformedChunkCodingException	Signals a malformed chunked stream.
MethodNotSupportedException	Indicates that an HTTP method is not supported.
NoHttpResponseException	Signals that the target server failed to respond with a valid HTTP response.
ParseException	Indicates a parse error.
ProtocolException	Signals that an HTTP protocol violation has occurred.
UnsupportedHttpVersionException	Indicates an unsupported version of the HTTP protocol.