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package java.net;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.List;
import sun.security.util.SecurityConstants;
/**
* Represents implementations of URLConnection caches. An instance of
* such a class can be registered with the system by doing
* ResponseCache.setDefault(ResponseCache), and the system will call
* this object in order to:
*
* <ul><li>store resource data which has been retrieved from an
* external source into the cache</li>
* <li>try to fetch a requested resource that may have been
* stored in the cache</li>
* </ul>
*
* The ResponseCache implementation decides which resources
* should be cached, and for how long they should be cached. If a
* request resource cannot be retrieved from the cache, then the
* protocol handlers will fetch the resource from its original
* location.
*
* The settings for URLConnection#useCaches controls whether the
* protocol is allowed to use a cached response.
*
* For more information on HTTP caching, see <a
* href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2616.txt"><i>RFC&nbsp;2616: Hypertext
* Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.1</i></a>
*
* @author Yingxian Wang
* @since 1.5
*/
public abstract class ResponseCache {
/**
* The system wide cache that provides access to a url
* caching mechanism.
*
* @see #setDefault(ResponseCache)
* @see #getDefault()
*/
private static ResponseCache theResponseCache;
/**
* Gets the system-wide response cache.
*
* @throws SecurityException
* If a security manager has been installed and it denies
* {@link NetPermission}<tt>("getResponseCache")</tt>
*
* @see #setDefault(ResponseCache)
* @return the system-wide <code>ResponseCache</code>
* @since 1.5
*/
public synchronized static ResponseCache getDefault() {
SecurityManager sm = System.getSecurityManager();
if (sm != null) {
sm.checkPermission(SecurityConstants.GET_RESPONSECACHE_PERMISSION);
}
return theResponseCache;
}
/**
* Sets (or unsets) the system-wide cache.
*
* Note: non-standard procotol handlers may ignore this setting.
*
* @param responseCache The response cache, or
* <code>null</code> to unset the cache.
*
* @throws SecurityException
* If a security manager has been installed and it denies
* {@link NetPermission}<tt>("setResponseCache")</tt>
*
* @see #getDefault()
* @since 1.5
*/
public synchronized static void setDefault(ResponseCache responseCache) {
SecurityManager sm = System.getSecurityManager();
if (sm != null) {
sm.checkPermission(SecurityConstants.SET_RESPONSECACHE_PERMISSION);
}
theResponseCache = responseCache;
}
/**
* Retrieve the cached response based on the requesting uri,
* request method and request headers. Typically this method is
* called by the protocol handler before it sends out the request
* to get the network resource. If a cached response is returned,
* that resource is used instead.
*
* @param uri a <code>URI</code> used to reference the requested
* network resource
* @param rqstMethod a <code>String</code> representing the request
* method
* @param rqstHeaders - a Map from request header
* field names to lists of field values representing
* the current request headers
* @return a <code>CacheResponse</code> instance if available
* from cache, or null otherwise
* @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs
* @throws IllegalArgumentException if any one of the arguments is null
*
* @see java.net.URLConnection#setUseCaches(boolean)
* @see java.net.URLConnection#getUseCaches()
* @see java.net.URLConnection#setDefaultUseCaches(boolean)
* @see java.net.URLConnection#getDefaultUseCaches()
*/
public abstract CacheResponse
get(URI uri, String rqstMethod, Map<String, List<String>> rqstHeaders)
throws IOException;
/**
* The protocol handler calls this method after a resource has
* been retrieved, and the ResponseCache must decide whether or
* not to store the resource in its cache. If the resource is to
* be cached, then put() must return a CacheRequest object which
* contains an OutputStream that the protocol handler will
* use to write the resource into the cache. If the resource is
* not to be cached, then put must return null.
*
* @param uri a <code>URI</code> used to reference the requested
* network resource
* @param conn - a URLConnection instance that is used to fetch
* the response to be cached
* @return a <code>CacheRequest</code> for recording the
* response to be cached. Null return indicates that
* the caller does not intend to cache the response.
* @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs
* @throws IllegalArgumentException if any one of the arguments is
* null
*/
public abstract CacheRequest put(URI uri, URLConnection conn) throws IOException;
}