no.sesat.search.mode.command
Interface Restful

All Known Subinterfaces:

XmlRestful

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractXmlRestful

public interface Restful

SearchCommands that are RESTful should implement this behaviour. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Representational_State_Transfer

Version:

$Id: Restful.java 7225 2009-04-09 00:32:20Z ssmiweve $

Method Summary

String	createRequestURL() A RESTful service requires a URL.
BufferedReader	getHttpReader(String encoding) Obtain a BufferedReader, in the given encoding, of the RESTful result.

Method Detail

createRequestURL

String createRequestURL()

A RESTful service requires a URL. The resource part of the URL is usually constant to the particular command instance, but each search creates a seperate URL.

Returns:

the URL to use to the RESTful service.

getHttpReader

BufferedReader getHttpReader(String encoding)
                             throws IOException

Obtain a BufferedReader, in the given encoding, of the RESTful result. Makes the presumption that the RESTful service returns an ascii and not binary response.

Parameters:

encoding -

Returns:

Throws:

IOException