src/com/kenai/jbosh/HTTPSender.java

/*
 * Copyright 2009 Mike Cumings
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
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package com.kenai.jbosh;

/**
 * Interface used to represent code which can send a BOSH XML body over
 * HTTP to a connection manager.
 */
interface HTTPSender {

    /**
     * Initialize the HTTP sender instance for use with the session provided.
     * This method will be called once before use of the service instance.
     *
     * @param sessionCfg session configuration
     */
    void init(BOSHClientConfig sessionCfg);

    /**
     * Dispose of all resources used to provide the required services.  This
     * method will be called once when the service instance is no longer
     * required.
     */
    void destroy();

    /**
     * Create a {@code Callable} instance which can be used to send the
     * request specified to the connection manager.  This method should
     * return immediately, prior to doing any real work.  The invocation
     * of the returned {@code Callable} should send the request (if it has
     * not already been sent by the time of the call), block while waiting
     * for the response, and then return the response body.
     *
     * @param params CM session creation resopnse params
     * @param body request body to send
     * @return callable used to access the response
     */
    HTTPResponse send(CMSessionParams params, AbstractBody body);
    
}