javax.ws.rs.ext
Class ClientFactory

java.lang.Object
  javax.ws.rs.ext.ClientFactory

public abstract class ClientFactory
extends Object

Main entry point to the client API used to bootstrap Client instances.

Since:

2.0

Author:

Marek Potociar

Field Summary

static String

JAXRS_DEFAULT_CLIENT_FACTORY_PROPERTY Name of the property identifying the RuntimeDelegate implementation to be returned from RuntimeDelegate.getInstance().

Constructor Summary

ClientFactory()

Method Summary

protected abstract Client	getClient() Get a new client instance.
protected abstract Client	getClient(Configuration configuration) Get a new pre-configured client instance.
static Client	newClient() Create new client instance using the default client builder factory provided by the JAX-RS implementation provider.
static Client	newClient(Configuration configuration) Create new configured client instance using the default client builder factory provided by the JAX-RS implementation provider.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

JAXRS_DEFAULT_CLIENT_FACTORY_PROPERTY

public static final String JAXRS_DEFAULT_CLIENT_FACTORY_PROPERTY

Name of the property identifying the RuntimeDelegate implementation to be returned from RuntimeDelegate.getInstance().

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

ClientFactory

public ClientFactory()

Method Detail

newClient

public static Client newClient()

Create new client instance using the default client builder factory provided by the JAX-RS implementation provider.

Returns:

new client instance.

newClient

public static Client newClient(Configuration configuration)

Create new configured client instance using the default client builder factory provided by the JAX-RS implementation provider.

Parameters:

configuration - data used to provide initial configuration for the new client instance.

Returns:

new configured client instance.

getClient

protected abstract Client getClient()

Get a new client instance.

Returns:

a new client instance.

getClient

protected abstract Client getClient(Configuration configuration)

Get a new pre-configured client instance.

Parameters:

configuration - data used to provide initial configuration for the new client instance.

Returns:

a new client instance.