Package com.labs64.netlicensing.provider

Interface RestProvider

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractRestProvider, RestProviderJersey

public interface RestProvider

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Interface	Description
static interface	RestProvider.Configuration

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
RestProvider	authenticate(Authentication authentication)
RestProvider	authenticate(String token)
RestProvider	authenticate(String username, String password)
<REQ, RES> RestResponse<RES>	call(String method, String urlTemplate, REQ request, Class<RES> responseType, Map<String,Object> queryParams)	Helper method for performing REST requests with optional REST parameter map.
void	configure(RestProvider.Configuration configuration)

Method Details

call

<REQ,
RES> RestResponse<RES> call(String method,
 String urlTemplate,
 REQ request,
 Class<RES> responseType,
 Map<String,Object> queryParams)
                          throws RestException

Helper method for performing REST requests with optional REST parameter map.

This method has a long list of parameters. It is only intended for internal use.

Type Parameters:

REQ - type of the request entity

RES - type of the responseType entity

Parameters:

method - the HTTP method to be used, i.e. GET, PUT, POST.

urlTemplate - the REST URL urlTemplate.

request - optional: The request body to be sent to the server. May be null.

responseType - optional: expected response type. In case no responseType body is expected, responseType may be null.

queryParams - optional: The REST query parameters values. May be null.

Returns:

the responseType entity received from the server, or null if responseType is null.

Throws:

RestException

authenticate

RestProvider authenticate(String username,
 String password)

Parameters:

username - username used for authentication

password - password used for authentication

Returns:

authenticated RESTful provider

authenticate

RestProvider authenticate(String token)

Parameters:

token - token used for authentication

Returns:

authenticated RESTful provider

authenticate

RestProvider authenticate(Authentication authentication)

Parameters:

authentication - Authentication object

Returns:

authenticated RESTful provider

configure

void configure(RestProvider.Configuration configuration)

Parameters:

configuration - RestProvider.Configuration configuration to use for the provider