org.apache.commons.httpclient
Interface MethodRetryHandler

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultMethodRetryHandler

public interface MethodRetryHandler

A handler for determining if an HttpMethod should be retried after a recoverable exception during execution.

Author:

Michael Becke

See Also:

HttpMethod.execute(HttpState, HttpConnection), HttpRecoverableException

Method Summary

boolean

retryMethod(HttpMethod method, HttpConnection connection, HttpRecoverableException recoverableException, int executionCount, boolean requestSent) Determines if a method should be retried after an HttpRecoverableException occurs during execution.

Method Detail

retryMethod

public boolean retryMethod(HttpMethod method,
                           HttpConnection connection,
                           HttpRecoverableException recoverableException,
                           int executionCount,
                           boolean requestSent)

Determines if a method should be retried after an HttpRecoverableException occurs during execution.

Parameters:

method - the method being executed

connection - the connection the method is using

recoverableException - the exception that occurred

executionCount - the number of times this method has been unsuccessfully executed

requestSent - a flag indicating if the request has been fully sent or not

Returns:

true if the method should be retried, false otherwise