org.alfresco.service.cmr.remoteconnector

Interface RemoteConnectorService

All Known Implementing Classes:

RemoteConnectorServiceImpl

public interface RemoteConnectorService

Helper Service for performing remote web requests from within the repository tier. The default implementation of the service works with HttpClient internally, but other implementations (such as testing loopback) can be used.

Since:

4.0.2

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
RemoteConnectorRequest	buildRequest(java.lang.String url, java.lang.String method) Builds a new Request object, to talk to the given URL with the supplied method
org.json.simple.JSONObject	executeJSONRequest(RemoteConnectorRequest request) Executes the given request, requesting a JSON response, and returns the parsed JSON received back
RemoteConnectorResponse	executeRequest(RemoteConnectorRequest request) Executes the specified request, and return the response.

Method Detail

buildRequest

RemoteConnectorRequest buildRequest(java.lang.String url,
                                  java.lang.String method)

Builds a new Request object, to talk to the given URL with the supplied method

executeRequest

RemoteConnectorResponse executeRequest(RemoteConnectorRequest request)
                                       throws java.io.IOException,
                                              org.alfresco.repo.security.authentication.AuthenticationException,
                                              RemoteConnectorClientException,
                                              RemoteConnectorServerException

Executes the specified request, and return the response.

Throws:

java.io.IOException - If there was a problem with the communication to the server

org.alfresco.repo.security.authentication.AuthenticationException - If the authentication details supplied were not accepted

RemoteConnectorClientException - If the server indicates the client request was invalid

RemoteConnectorServerException - If the server was itself unable to perform the request

executeJSONRequest

org.json.simple.JSONObject executeJSONRequest(RemoteConnectorRequest request)
                                              throws java.io.IOException,
                                                     org.alfresco.repo.security.authentication.AuthenticationException,
                                                     org.json.simple.parser.ParseException

Executes the given request, requesting a JSON response, and returns the parsed JSON received back

Throws:

org.json.simple.parser.ParseException - If the response is not valid JSON

java.io.IOException

org.alfresco.repo.security.authentication.AuthenticationException