public interface

HttpEntityEnclosingRequest

implements HttpRequest
org.apache.http.HttpEntityEnclosingRequest
Known Indirect Subclasses

Class Overview

A request with an entity.

Summary

Public Methods
abstract boolean expectContinue()
Tells if this request should use the expect-continue handshake.
abstract HttpEntity getEntity()
abstract void setEntity(HttpEntity entity)
Hands the entity to the request.
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Inherited Methods
From interface org.apache.http.HttpMessage
From interface org.apache.http.HttpRequest

Public Methods

public abstract boolean expectContinue ()

Tells if this request should use the expect-continue handshake. The expect continue handshake gives the server a chance to decide whether to accept the entity enclosing request before the possibly lengthy entity is sent across the wire.

Returns
  • true if the expect continue handshake should be used, false if not.

public abstract HttpEntity getEntity ()

public abstract void setEntity (HttpEntity entity)

Hands the entity to the request.

Parameters
entity the entity to send.