Class EntityConsumer

java.lang.Object
org.simpleframework.http.message.EntityConsumer
All Implemented Interfaces:
ByteConsumer

public class EntityConsumer extends Object implements ByteConsumer
The EntityConsumer object is used to consume data from a cursor and build a request entity. Each constituent part of the entity is consumed from the pipeline and can be acquired from this consumer object. The Header and Body can be used to extract the individual parts of the entity.
  • Field Details

    • dispatcher

      protected ContinueDispatcher dispatcher
      This is used to determine if there a continue is expected.
    • factory

      protected ConsumerFactory factory
      This is used to create a body consumer for the entity.
    • body

      protected BodyConsumer body
      This is used to consume the body for the request entity.
    • trace

      protected Trace trace
      This is used to trace the progress of the request consumption.
  • Constructor Details

    • EntityConsumer

      public EntityConsumer(Allocator allocator, Channel channel)
      Constructor for the EntityConsumer object. This is used to build an entity from the constituent parts. Once all of the parts have been consumed they are available from the exposed methods of this consumed instance.
      Parameters:
      allocator - this is used to allocate the memory used
      channel - this is the channel used to send a response
  • Method Details

    • getBody

      public Body getBody()
      This is used to acquire the body for this HTTP entity. This will return a body which can be used to read the content of the message, also if the request is multipart upload then all of the parts are provided as Attachment objects. Each part can then be read as an individual message.
      Returns:
      the body provided by the HTTP request message
    • getHeader

      public Header getHeader()
      This provides the HTTP request header for the entity. This is always populated and provides the details sent by the client such as the target URI and the query if specified. Also this can be used to determine the method and protocol version used.
      Returns:
      the header provided by the HTTP request message
    • consume

      public void consume(ByteCursor cursor) throws IOException
      This consumes the header and body from the cursor. The header is consumed first followed by the body if there is any. There is a body of there is a Content-Length or a Transfer-Encoding header present. If there is no body then a substitute body is given which has an empty input stream.
      Specified by:
      consume in interface ByteConsumer
      Parameters:
      cursor - used to consumed the bytes for the entity
      Throws:
      IOException
    • isFinished

      public boolean isFinished()
      This is determined finished when the body has been consumed. If only the header has been consumed then the body will be created using the header information, the body is then read from the cursor, which may read nothing for an empty body.
      Specified by:
      isFinished in interface ByteConsumer
      Returns:
      this returns true if the entity has been built
    • isHeaderFinished

      public boolean isHeaderFinished()
      This is used to determine if the header has finished. Exposing this method ensures the entity consumer can be used to determine if the header for the entity can be consumed before fully processing the entity body of the request message.
      Returns:
      determines if the header has been fully consumed