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public interface HttpSocketPool
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This interface represents a cache of idle sockets. Once a request has been handled, the now-idle socket can be remembered and reused later in case another HTTP request is made to the same remote host. Currently, the only instance of this interface is used by the HttpRequest class.

Version:

2.2

Author:

Colin Stevens (colin.stevens@sun.com)

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`void`	`close(HttpSocket hs, boolean reuse)`	Releases an `HttpSocket` to this pool when it is not in use any more.
`HttpSocket`	`get(java.lang.String host, int port, boolean reuse)`	Returns an `HttpSocket` that can be used to communicate with the specified port on the named host.

- Method Detail
  - get
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HttpSocket get(java.lang.String host,
               int port,
               boolean reuse)
        throws java.io.IOException
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    Returns an HttpSocket that can be used to communicate with the specified port on the named host.
    It is this method's responsibility to to fill in all the public member variables of the HttpSocket before returning.
    For each call to this method, there should eventually be a call to close when the HttpSocket isn't needed anymore.
    
    Parameters:
    
    host - The host name.
    
    port - The port number.
    
    reuse - true to request that this pool attempt to find and reuse an existing idle connection, false to request that this pool establish a new connection to the named host.
    
    Returns:
    
    The HttpSocket.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.io.IOException - if there is a problem connecting to the specified port on the named host. The IOExceptions (and subclasses) that might be thrown depend upon how the socket connection is established. See the socket documentation for further details. Some subclasses that might be thrown are as follows:
    
    java.io.UnknownHostException - if the host name cannot be resolved.
    
    java.io.ConnectionException - if the named host is not listening on the specified port.
    
    java.io.InterruptedIOException - if the connection times out or this thread is interrupted by Thread.interrupt.
  - close
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void close(HttpSocket hs,
           boolean reuse)
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    Releases an HttpSocket to this pool when it is not in use any more.
    It is this method's responsibility to release resources used by the HttpSocket, such as closing the underlying socket.
    After calling this method, the user should not refer to the specified HttpSocket any more.
    
    Parameters:
    
    hs - The HttpSocket to release.
    
    reuse - true if the specified HttpSocket should be put back into the idle pool, false if it should be released immediately.

Interface HttpSocketPool

Method Summary

Method Detail

get

close