com.yahoo.jdisc.service

Interface ClientProvider

All Superinterfaces:

RequestHandler, SharedResource

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractClientProvider, NonWorkingClientProvider

public interface ClientProvider
extends RequestHandler

This interface defines a component that is capable of acting as a client to an external server. To activate a ClientProvider it must be bound to a UriPattern within a ContainerBuilder, and that builder must be activated.

Author:

Simon Thoresen Hult

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface com.yahoo.jdisc.SharedResource

DEBUG, SYSTEM_PROPERTY_NAME_DEBUG

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	start() This is a synchronous method to configure this ClientProvider.

Methods inherited from interface com.yahoo.jdisc.handler.RequestHandler

handleRequest, handleTimeout

Methods inherited from interface com.yahoo.jdisc.SharedResource

refer, release

Method Detail

start

void start()

This is a synchronous method to configure this ClientProvider. The Container does not call this method, instead it is a required step in the Application initialization code.