001/* 002 * Copyright 2002-2014 the original author or authors. 003 * 004 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 005 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 006 * You may obtain a copy of the License at 007 * 008 * https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 009 * 010 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 011 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 012 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 013 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 014 * limitations under the License. 015 */ 016 017package org.springframework.http.client; 018 019import java.io.IOException; 020 021import org.springframework.http.HttpMethod; 022import org.springframework.http.HttpOutputMessage; 023import org.springframework.http.HttpRequest; 024 025/** 026 * Represents a client-side HTTP request. 027 * Created via an implementation of the {@link ClientHttpRequestFactory}. 028 * 029 * <p>A {@code ClientHttpRequest} can be {@linkplain #execute() executed}, 030 * receiving a {@link ClientHttpResponse} which can be read from. 031 * 032 * @author Arjen Poutsma 033 * @since 3.0 034 * @see ClientHttpRequestFactory#createRequest(java.net.URI, HttpMethod) 035 */ 036public interface ClientHttpRequest extends HttpRequest, HttpOutputMessage { 037 038 /** 039 * Execute this request, resulting in a {@link ClientHttpResponse} that can be read. 040 * @return the response result of the execution 041 * @throws IOException in case of I/O errors 042 */ 043 ClientHttpResponse execute() throws IOException; 044 045}