Package org.restlet.engine.local

Class LocalClientHelper

java.lang.Object

org.restlet.engine.Helper

org.restlet.engine.RestletHelper<T>

org.restlet.engine.connector.ConnectorHelper<Client>

org.restlet.engine.connector.ClientHelper

org.restlet.engine.local.LocalClientHelper

Direct Known Subclasses:

ClapClientHelper, EntityClientHelper, ZipClientHelper

public abstract class LocalClientHelper
extends ClientHelper

Connector to the local resources accessible via file system, class loaders and similar mechanisms. Here is the list of parameters that are supported. They should be set in the Client's context before it is started:

list of supported parameters

Parameter name	Value type	Default value	Description
timeToLive	int	600	Time to live for a representation before it expires (in seconds). If you set the value to '0', the representation will never expire.
defaultLanguage	String		When no metadata service is available (simple client connector with no parent application), falls back on this default language. To indicate that no default language should be set, "" can be used.

Author:

Jerome Louvel, Thierry Boileau

See Also:

• LocalReference

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
LocalClientHelper(Client client)	Constructor.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
String	getDefaultLanguage()	Returns the default language.
int	getTimeToLive()	Returns the time to live for a file representation before it expires (in seconds).
final void	handle(Request request, Response response)	Handles a call.
protected abstract void	handleLocal(Request request, Response response, String decodedPath)	Handles a local call.

Methods inherited from class org.restlet.engine.connector.ConnectorHelper

getConnectorService, getContext, getProtocols, start, stop, update

Methods inherited from class org.restlet.engine.RestletHelper

getAttributes, getHelped, getHelpedParameters, getLogger, getMetadataService, setHelped

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

LocalClientHelper

public LocalClientHelper(Client client)

Constructor. Note that the common list of metadata associations based on extensions is added, see the addCommonExtensions() method.

Parameters:

client - The client to help.

Method Details

getDefaultLanguage

public String getDefaultLanguage()

Returns the default language. When no metadata service is available (simple client connector with no parent application), falls back on this default language.

Returns:

The default language.

getTimeToLive

public int getTimeToLive()

Returns the time to live for a file representation before it expires (in seconds).

Returns:

The time to live for a file representation before it expires (in seconds).

handle

public final void handle(Request request,
 Response response)

Handles a call. Note that this implementation will systematically normalize and URI-decode the resource reference.

Overrides:

handle in class RestletHelper<Client>

Parameters:

request - The request to handle.

response - The response to update.

handleLocal

protected abstract void handleLocal(Request request,
 Response response,
 String decodedPath)

Handles a local call.

Parameters:

request - The request to handle.

response - The response to update.

decodedPath - The decoded local path.