Class HttpClient

java.lang.Object

HttpClient

public class HttpClient
extends Object

This class represents an object which manages raw HTTP connection. It does not hold any values but contains critical methods to manage HTTP connection, request and responses.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
HttpClient()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
<T extends GlobalpingResponse> T	sendRequest(GlobalpingRequest request, Class<T> cl)	The only public method in this class sends a request and parses the response into expected class of type parameter.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

HttpClient

public HttpClient()

Method Details

sendRequest

public <T extends GlobalpingResponse> T sendRequest(GlobalpingRequest request,
 Class<T> cl)
                                             throws IOException,
GlobalpingApiError

The only public method in this class sends a request and parses the response into expected class of type parameter.

Example Usage:

    HttpClient client = new HttpClient();
    CreateMeasurementResponse res = client.sendRequest(req, CreateMeasurementResponse.class);
 
 

Type Parameters:

T - the type of the response, which must extend GlobalpingResponse.

Parameters:

request - the GlobalpingRequest with required information.

cl - the Class object representing the type of response expected.

Returns:

an instance of the response type T, deserialized from the API response.

Throws:

IOException - if there is an error on underlying connection.

GlobalpingApiError - if there is an error on the Globalping service.