org.apache.http
Interface ConnectionReuseStrategy

All Known Implementing Classes:
DefaultConnectionReuseStrategy

public interface ConnectionReuseStrategy

Interface for deciding whether a connection should be kept alive.

Since:
4.0
Version:
$Revision: 391135 $
Author:
Oleg Kalnichevski

Method Summary
 boolean keepAlive(HttpResponse response)
          Tells if the connection used to receive a response should be closed or kept open.
 

Method Detail

keepAlive

boolean keepAlive(HttpResponse response)
Tells if the connection used to receive a response should be closed or kept open. Http processors should close the physical connection if this method returns false. They should do their best to keep it open if this method returns true.

Parameters:
response - The response whose connection is concerned.
Returns:
true if the connection is to be kept open, false if it is to be closed.


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