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org.apache.catalina
Interface Connector

All Known Implementing Classes:
HttpConnector, HttpConnector, WarpConnector
public interface Connector

A Connector is a component responsible receiving requests from, and returning responses to, a client application. A Connector performs the following general logic:

  • Receive a request from the client application.
  • Create (or allocate from a pool) appropriate Request and Response instances, and populate their properties based on the contents of the received request, as described below.
    • For all Requests, the connector, protocol, remoteAddr, response, scheme, secure, serverName, serverPort and stream properties MUST be set. The contentLength and contentType properties are also generally set.
    • For HttpRequests, the method, queryString, requestedSessionCookie, requestedSessionId, requestedSessionURL, requestURI, and secure properties MUST be set. In addition, the various addXxx methods must be called to record the presence of cookies, headers, and locales in the original request.
    • For all Responses, the connector, request, and stream properties MUST be set.
    • No additional headers must be set by the Connector for HttpResponses.
  • Identify an appropriate Container to use for processing this request. For a stand alone Catalina installation, this will probably be a (singleton) Engine implementation. For a Connector attaching Catalina to a web server such as Apache, this step could take advantage of parsing already performed within the web server to identify the Context, and perhaps even the Wrapper, to utilize in satisfying this Request.
  • Call the invoke() method of the selected Container, passing the initialized Request and Response instances as arguments.
  • Return any response created by the Container to the client, or return an appropriate error message if an exception of any type was thrown.
  • If utilizing a pool of Request and Response objects, recycle the pair of instances that was just used.
It is expected that the implementation details of various Connectors will vary widely, so the logic above should considered typical rather than normative.

Version:
$Revision: 1.10 $ $Date: 2001/08/23 22:32:10 $
Author:
Craig R. McClanahan

Method Summary
 Request createRequest()
          Create (or allocate) and return a Request object suitable for specifying the contents of a Request to the responsible Container.
 Response createResponse()
          Create (or allocate) and return a Response object suitable for receiving the contents of a Response from the responsible Container.
 Container getContainer()
          Return the Container used for processing requests received by this Connector.
 boolean getEnableLookups()
          Return the "enable DNS lookups" flag.
 ServerSocketFactory getFactory()
          Return the server socket factory used by this Container.
 java.lang.String getInfo()
          Return descriptive information about this Connector implementation.
 int getRedirectPort()
          Return the port number to which a request should be redirected if it comes in on a non-SSL port and is subject to a security constraint with a transport guarantee that requires SSL.
 java.lang.String getScheme()
          Return the scheme that will be assigned to requests received through this connector.
 boolean getSecure()
          Return the secure connection flag that will be assigned to requests received through this connector.
 Service getService()
          Return the Service with which we are associated (if any).
 void initialize()
          Invoke a pre-startup initialization.
 void setContainer(Container container)
          Set the Container used for processing requests received by this Connector.
 void setEnableLookups(boolean enableLookups)
          Set the "enable DNS lookups" flag.
 void setFactory(ServerSocketFactory factory)
          Set the server socket factory used by this Container.
 void setRedirectPort(int redirectPort)
          Set the redirect port number.
 void setScheme(java.lang.String scheme)
          Set the scheme that will be assigned to requests received through this connector.
 void setSecure(boolean secure)
          Set the secure connection flag that will be assigned to requests received through this connector.
 void setService(Service service)
          Set the Service with which we are associated (if any).
 

Method Detail

getContainer


public Container getContainer()
Return the Container used for processing requests received by this Connector.

setContainer


public void setContainer(Container container)
Set the Container used for processing requests received by this Connector.

Parameters:
container - The new Container to use

getEnableLookups


public boolean getEnableLookups()
Return the "enable DNS lookups" flag.

setEnableLookups


public void setEnableLookups(boolean enableLookups)
Set the "enable DNS lookups" flag.

Parameters:
enableLookups - The new "enable DNS lookups" flag value

getFactory


public ServerSocketFactory getFactory()
Return the server socket factory used by this Container.

setFactory


public void setFactory(ServerSocketFactory factory)
Set the server socket factory used by this Container.

Parameters:
factory - The new server socket factory

getInfo


public java.lang.String getInfo()
Return descriptive information about this Connector implementation.

getRedirectPort


public int getRedirectPort()
Return the port number to which a request should be redirected if it comes in on a non-SSL port and is subject to a security constraint with a transport guarantee that requires SSL.

setRedirectPort


public void setRedirectPort(int redirectPort)
Set the redirect port number.

Parameters:
redirectPort - The redirect port number (non-SSL to SSL)

getScheme


public java.lang.String getScheme()
Return the scheme that will be assigned to requests received through this connector. Default value is "http".

setScheme


public void setScheme(java.lang.String scheme)
Set the scheme that will be assigned to requests received through this connector.

Parameters:
scheme - The new scheme

getSecure


public boolean getSecure()
Return the secure connection flag that will be assigned to requests received through this connector. Default value is "false".

setSecure


public void setSecure(boolean secure)
Set the secure connection flag that will be assigned to requests received through this connector.

Parameters:
secure - The new secure connection flag

getService


public Service getService()
Return the Service with which we are associated (if any).

setService


public void setService(Service service)
Set the Service with which we are associated (if any).

Parameters:
service - The service that owns this Engine

createRequest


public Request createRequest()
Create (or allocate) and return a Request object suitable for specifying the contents of a Request to the responsible Container.

createResponse


public Response createResponse()
Create (or allocate) and return a Response object suitable for receiving the contents of a Response from the responsible Container.

initialize


public void initialize()
                throws LifecycleException
Invoke a pre-startup initialization. This is used to allow connectors to bind to restricted ports under Unix operating environments.

Throws:
LifecycleException - If this server was already initialized.
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