Class HttpServerProvider

java.lang.Object

com.sun.net.httpserver.spi.HttpServerProvider

public abstract class HttpServerProvider extends Object

Service provider class for HttpServer. Sub-classes of HttpServerProvider provide an implementation of HttpServer and associated classes. Applications do not normally use this class. See provider() for how providers are found and loaded.

Since:: 1.6

Constructor Summary

HttpServerProvider()

Modifier	Constructor	Description
`protected`	Initializes a new instance of this class.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`abstract HttpServer`	`createHttpServer(InetSocketAddress addr, int backlog)`	creates a HttpServer from this provider
`abstract HttpsServer`	`createHttpsServer(InetSocketAddress addr, int backlog)`	creates a HttpsServer from this provider
`static HttpServerProvider`	`provider()`	Returns the system wide default HttpServerProvider for this invocation of the Java virtual machine.

Methods declared in class Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`protected Object`	`clone()`	Creates and returns a copy of this object.
`boolean`	`equals(Object obj)`	Indicates whether some other object is "equal to" this one.
`protected void`	`finalize()`	Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version. Finalization is deprecated and subject to removal in a future release.
`final Class<?>`	`getClass()`	Returns the runtime class of this `Object`.
`int`	`hashCode()`	Returns a hash code value for this object.
`final void`	`notify()`	Wakes up a single thread that is waiting on this object's monitor.
`final void`	`notifyAll()`	Wakes up all threads that are waiting on this object's monitor.
`String`	`toString()`	Returns a string representation of the object.
`final void`	`wait()`	Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being notified or interrupted.
`final void`	`wait(long timeoutMillis)`	Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being notified or interrupted, or until a certain amount of real time has elapsed.
`final void`	`wait(long timeoutMillis, int nanos)`	Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being notified or interrupted, or until a certain amount of real time has elapsed.

Constructor Details

HttpServerProvider

protected HttpServerProvider()

Initializes a new instance of this class.

Method Details

createHttpServer

public abstract HttpServer createHttpServer(InetSocketAddress addr, int backlog) throws IOException

creates a HttpServer from this provider

Parameters:: addr - the address to bind to. May be null; backlog - the socket backlog. A value of zero means the systems default
Returns:: An instance of HttpServer
Throws:: IOException - if an I/O error occurs

createHttpsServer

public abstract HttpsServer createHttpsServer(InetSocketAddress addr, int backlog) throws IOException

creates a HttpsServer from this provider

Parameters:: addr - the address to bind to. May be null; backlog - the socket backlog. A value of zero means the systems default
Returns:: An instance of HttpServer
Throws:: IOException - if an I/O error occurs

provider

public static HttpServerProvider provider()

Returns the system wide default HttpServerProvider for this invocation of the Java virtual machine.

The first invocation of this method locates the default provider object as follows:

If the system property com.sun.net.httpserver.HttpServerProvider is defined then it is taken to be the fully-qualified name of a concrete provider class. The class is loaded and instantiated; if this process fails then an unspecified unchecked error or exception is thrown.
If a provider class has been installed in a jar file that is visible to the system class loader, and that jar file contains a provider-configuration file named com.sun.net.httpserver.HttpServerProvider in the resource directory META-INF/services, then the first class name specified in that file is taken. The class is loaded and instantiated; if this process fails then an unspecified unchecked error or exception is thrown.
Finally, if no provider has been specified by any of the above means then the system-default provider class is instantiated and the result is returned.

Subsequent invocations of this method return the provider that was returned by the first invocation.

Returns:: The system-wide default HttpServerProvider

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