AbstractRequest (Geotools modules 21-SNAPSHOT API)

Object
- AbstractRequest

All Implemented Interfaces:

Request

Direct Known Subclasses:

AbstractGetCapabilitiesRequest, AbstractWMSRequest, AbstractWMTSRequest, WFSRequest
```
public abstract class AbstractRequest
extends Object
implements Request
```
A class that provides functionality for performing basic requests

Author:

Richard Gould

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type	Field and Description
`static String`	`EXCEPTION_XML` Represents OGC Exception MIME types
`protected Map<String,Object>`	`hints`
`protected URL`	`onlineResource`
`protected Properties`	`properties`

Fields inherited from interface Request
REQUEST, SERVICE, VERSION, WMTVER

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor and Description

AbstractRequest(URL onlineResource, Properties properties)
Creates an AbstractRequest.

Constructors
Constructor and Description
`AbstractRequest(URL onlineResource, Properties properties)` Creates an AbstractRequest.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method and Description
`URL`	`getFinalURL()` Once the properties of the request are configured, this will return the URL that points to the server and contains all of the appropriate name/value parameters.
`String`	`getPostContentType()` Default POST content type is xml
`Properties`	`getProperties()`
`Map<String,Object>`	`getRequestHints()` Returns the request hints
`protected abstract void`	`initRequest()`
`protected abstract void`	`initService()` Implementing subclass requests must specify their own "SERVICE" value.
`protected abstract void`	`initVersion()` Sets up the version number for this request.
`void`	`performPostOutput(OutputStream outputStream)` Default to not requiring POST.
`protected String`	`processKey(String key)` Some Open Web Servers do not abide by the fact that parameter keys should be case insensitive.
`boolean`	`requiresPost()` Default to not requiring POST.
`void`	`setProperty(String name, String value)` Sets the name/value property for this request.
`void`	`setRequestHints(Map<String,Object> hints)` Sets hints that might be driving how the request is performed

Methods inherited from class Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface Request
createResponse

- Field Detail
  - EXCEPTION_XML
```
public static final String EXCEPTION_XML
```
    Represents OGC Exception MIME types
    
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - onlineResource
```
protected URL onlineResource
```
  - properties
```
protected Properties properties
```
  - hints
```
protected Map<String,Object> hints
```
- Constructor Detail
  - AbstractRequest
```
public AbstractRequest(URL onlineResource,
                       Properties properties)
```
    Creates an AbstractRequest.
    If properties isn't null, it will use them instead of creating a new Properties object.
    This constructor will strip all the query parameters off of onlineResource and put them in the properties map. This allows clients to provide their own parameters and have them saved and used along with the OWS specific ones.
    However, certain parameters will be over-written by individual requests themselves. Examples of such parameters include, but are not limited to:
    - WMTVER
    - REQUEST
    - VERSION
    - SERVICE
    Parameters:
    
    onlineResource - the URL to construct the Request for
    
    properties - a map of pre-set parameters to be used. Can be null.
- Method Detail
  - getFinalURL
```
public URL getFinalURL()
```
    Description copied from interface: Request
    
    Once the properties of the request are configured, this will return the URL that points to the server and contains all of the appropriate name/value parameters.
    
    Specified by:
    
    getFinalURL in interface Request
    
    Returns:
    
    a URL that can be used to issue the request
    
    See Also:
    
    org.geotools.data.wms.request.Request#getFinalURL()
  - processKey
```
protected String processKey(String key)
```
    Some Open Web Servers do not abide by the fact that parameter keys should be case insensitive.
    This method will allow a specification to determine the way that the parameter keys should be encoded in requests made by the server.
    
    Parameters:
    
    key - the key to be processed
    
    Returns:
    
    the key, after being processed. (made upper case, for example)
  - setProperty
```
public void setProperty(String name,
                        String value)
```
    Description copied from interface: Request
    
    Sets the name/value property for this request.
    Note that when using this method, it is up to the programmer to provide their own encoding of value according to the OWS specifications! The code will not do this for you.
    Different OWS specifications define different ways to do this. There are notorious differences between WMS 1.1.1 (section 6.2.1) and WMS 1.3.0 (section 6.3.2) for example.
    If value is null, "name" is removed from the properties table.
    
    Specified by:
    
    setProperty in interface Request
    
    Parameters:
    
    name - the name of the property
    
    value - the value of the property
  - getProperties
```
public Properties getProperties()
```
    Specified by:
    
    getProperties in interface Request
    
    Returns:
    
    a copy of this request's properties
  - initRequest
```
protected abstract void initRequest()
```
  - initService
```
protected abstract void initService()
```
    Implementing subclass requests must specify their own "SERVICE" value. Example: setProperty("SERVICE", "WFS");
  - initVersion
```
protected abstract void initVersion()
```
    Sets up the version number for this request. Typically something like setProperty("VERSION", "1.1.1");
  - getPostContentType
```
public String getPostContentType()
```
    Default POST content type is xml
    
    Specified by:
    
    getPostContentType in interface Request
    
    Returns:
    
    the MIME type of the data to be sent during the request
  - performPostOutput
```
public void performPostOutput(OutputStream outputStream)
                       throws IOException
```
    Default to not requiring POST. Implementors can override if they need to.
    
    Specified by:
    
    performPostOutput in interface Request
    
    Throws:
    
    IOException
  - requiresPost
```
public boolean requiresPost()
```
    Default to not requiring POST. Implementors can override if they need to.
    
    Specified by:
    
    requiresPost in interface Request
    
    Returns:
    
    true if this request needs POST support, false otherwise.
  - getRequestHints
```
public Map<String,Object> getRequestHints()
```
    Description copied from interface: Request
    
    Returns the request hints
    
    Specified by:
    
    getRequestHints in interface Request
  - setRequestHints
```
public void setRequestHints(Map<String,Object> hints)
```
    Description copied from interface: Request
    
    Sets hints that might be driving how the request is performed
    
    Specified by:
    
    setRequestHints in interface Request

Class AbstractRequest

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface Request

Constructor Summary

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class Object

Methods inherited from interface Request

Field Detail

EXCEPTION_XML

onlineResource

properties

hints

Constructor Detail

AbstractRequest

Method Detail

getFinalURL

processKey

setProperty

getProperties

initRequest

initService

initVersion

getPostContentType

performPostOutput

requiresPost

getRequestHints

setRequestHints