KSOAP ServiceConnection

ServiceConnection.java

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package org.ksoap2.transport;

import java.io.*;

/**
 * Interface to allow the abstraction of the raw transport information
 */
public interface ServiceConnection {

    /**
     * Make an outgoing connection.
     * 
     * @exception IOException
     */
    public void connect() throws IOException;

    /**
     * Disconnect from the outgoing connection
     * 
     * @exception IOException
     */
    public void disconnect() throws IOException;

    /**
     * Set properties on the outgoing connection.
     * 
     * @param propertyName
     *            the name of the property to set. For HTTP connections these
     *            are the request properties in the HTTP Header.
     * @param value
     *            the string to set the property header to.
     * @exception IOException
     */
    public void setRequestProperty(String propertyName, String value) throws IOException;

    /**
     * Sets how to make the requests. For HTTP this is typically POST or GET.
     * 
     * @param requestMethodType
     *            the type of request method to make the soap call with.
     * @exception IOException
     */
    public void setRequestMethod(String requestMethodType) throws IOException;

    /**
     * Open and return the outputStream to the endpoint.
     * 
     * @exception IOException
     * @return the output stream to write the soap message to.
     */
    public OutputStream openOutputStream() throws IOException;

    /**
     * Opens and returns the inputstream from which to parse the result of the
     * soap call.
     * 
     * @exception IOException
     * @return the inputstream containing the xml to parse the result from the
     *         call from.
     */
    public InputStream openInputStream() throws IOException;

    /**
     * @return the error stream for the call.
     */
    public InputStream getErrorStream();

}