io.undertow.server.handlers.proxy

Interface ProxyClient

All Known Implementing Classes:

LoadBalancingProxyClient, SimpleProxyClientProvider

public interface ProxyClient

A client that provides connections for the proxy handler. The provided connection is valid for the duration of the current exchange. Note that implementation are required to manage the lifecycle of these connections themselves, generally by registering callbacks on the exchange.

Author:

Stuart Douglas

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Interface and Description
static interface	ProxyClient.MaxRetriesProxyTarget
static interface	ProxyClient.ProxyTarget An opaque interface that may contain information about the proxy target

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
ProxyClient.ProxyTarget	findTarget(HttpServerExchange exchange) Finds a proxy target for this request, returning null if none can be found.
void	getConnection(ProxyClient.ProxyTarget target, HttpServerExchange exchange, ProxyCallback<ProxyConnection> callback, long timeout, TimeUnit timeUnit) Gets a proxy connection for the given request.

Method Detail

findTarget

ProxyClient.ProxyTarget findTarget(HttpServerExchange exchange)

Finds a proxy target for this request, returning null if none can be found. If this method returns null it means that there is no backend available to handle this request, and it should proceed as normal.

Parameters:

exchange - The exchange

Returns:

The proxy target

getConnection

void getConnection(ProxyClient.ProxyTarget target,
                   HttpServerExchange exchange,
                   ProxyCallback<ProxyConnection> callback,
                   long timeout,
                   TimeUnit timeUnit)

Gets a proxy connection for the given request.

Parameters:

exchange - The exchange

callback - The callback

timeout - The timeout

timeUnit - Time unit for the timeout