Constructor Detail

• ResponseCache

  public ResponseCache()

Method Detail

• getDefault

  public static ResponseCache getDefault()

  Gets the system-wide response cache.

  Returns:

  the system-wide ResponseCache

  Throws:

  SecurityException - If a security manager has been installed and it denies NetPermission ("getResponseCache")

  Since:

  1.5

  See Also:

  setDefault(ResponseCache)

• setDefault

  public static void setDefault(ResponseCache responseCache)

  Sets (or unsets) the system-wide cache. Note: non-standard procotol handlers may ignore this setting.

  Parameters:

  responseCache - The response cache, or null to unset the cache.

  Throws:

  SecurityException - If a security manager has been installed and it denies NetPermission ("setResponseCache")

  Since:

  1.5

  See Also:

  getDefault()

• get

  public abstract CacheResponse get(URI uri,
                                    String rqstMethod,
                                    Map<String,List<String>> rqstHeaders)
                             throws IOException

  Retrieve the cached response based on the requesting uri, request method and request headers. Typically this method is called by the protocol handler before it sends out the request to get the network resource. If a cached response is returned, that resource is used instead.

  Parameters:

  uri - a URI used to reference the requested network resource

  rqstMethod - a String representing the request method

  rqstHeaders - - a Map from request header field names to lists of field values representing the current request headers

  Returns:

  a CacheResponse instance if available from cache, or null otherwise

  Throws:

  IOException - if an I/O error occurs

  IllegalArgumentException - if any one of the arguments is null

  See Also:

  URLConnection.setUseCaches(boolean), URLConnection.getUseCaches(), URLConnection.setDefaultUseCaches(boolean), URLConnection.getDefaultUseCaches()

• put

  public abstract CacheRequest put(URI uri,
                                   URLConnection conn)
                            throws IOException

  The protocol handler calls this method after a resource has been retrieved, and the ResponseCache must decide whether or not to store the resource in its cache. If the resource is to be cached, then put() must return a CacheRequest object which contains an OutputStream that the protocol handler will use to write the resource into the cache. If the resource is not to be cached, then put must return null.

  Parameters:

  uri - a URI used to reference the requested network resource

  conn - - a URLConnection instance that is used to fetch the response to be cached

  Returns:

  a CacheRequest for recording the response to be cached. Null return indicates that the caller does not intend to cache the response.

  Throws:

  IOException - if an I/O error occurs

  IllegalArgumentException - if any one of the arguments is null