org.codeforamerica.open311.internals.network
Interface NetworkManager

All Known Implementing Classes:

HTTPNetworkManager, MockNetworkManager

public interface NetworkManager

Specifies the required operations of a NetworkManager

Author:

Santiago Munín

Field Summary

static String	CHARSET
static String	POST_CONTENT_TYPE

Method Summary

String	doGet(URL url) Sends a GET HTTP request.
String	doPost(URL url, Map<String,String> parameters) Sends a POST HTTP request.
void	setFormat(Format format) Sets the desired format of the requests.

Field Detail

POST_CONTENT_TYPE

static final String POST_CONTENT_TYPE

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Constant Field Values

CHARSET

static final String CHARSET

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Constant Field Values

Method Detail

doGet

String doGet(URL url)
             throws IOException

Sends a GET HTTP request.

Parameters:

url - Target.

Returns:

Server response.

Throws:

IOException - If there was any problem with the connection.

doPost

String doPost(URL url,
              Map<String,String> parameters)
              throws IOException

Sends a POST HTTP request.

Parameters:

url - Target.

parameters - Parameters of the POST operation.

Returns:

Server response.

Throws:

IOException - If there was any problem with the connection.

setFormat

void setFormat(Format format)

Sets the desired format of the requests.

Parameters:

format - A serialization format (XML or JSON).