org.apache.hc.core5.http.io.support

## Class HttpServerExpectationFilter

- java.lang.Object
- - org.apache.hc.core5.http.io.support.HttpServerExpectationFilter

- All Implemented Interfaces:
    HttpFilterHandler

      @Contract(threading=STATELESS)
      public class HttpServerExpectationFilter
      extends Object
      implements HttpFilterHandler

  HttpServerExpectationFilter add support for the Expect-Continue handshake to the request processing pipeline.
  Since:
    5.0

- - ### Constructor Summary

    Constructors
    Constructor and Description
    `HttpServerExpectationFilter()`

  - ### Method Summary

    Methods
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `protected HttpEntity` | `generateResponseContent(HttpResponse expectationFailed)` Generates response content entity for the final HTTP response with an error status representing the cause of expectation failure.
    `void` | `handle(ClassicHttpRequest request, HttpFilterChain.ResponseTrigger responseTrigger, HttpContext context, HttpFilterChain chain)` Processes the incoming HTTP request and if processing has been completed submits a final response to the client.
    `protected boolean` | `verify(ClassicHttpRequest request, HttpContext context)` Verifies the HTTP request and decides whether it meets server expectations and the request processing can continue.

    - ### Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

- - ### Constructor Detail

    - #### HttpServerExpectationFilter

          public HttpServerExpectationFilter()

  - ### Method Detail

    - #### verify

          protected boolean verify(ClassicHttpRequest request,
                       HttpContext context)
                            throws HttpException

      Verifies the HTTP request and decides whether it meets server expectations and the request processing can continue.
      Parameters:
        `request` - the incoming HTTP request.
        `context` - the actual execution context.
      Returns:
        `true` if the request meets expectations or `false` otherwise.
      Throws:
        `HttpException`

    - #### generateResponseContent

          protected HttpEntity generateResponseContent(HttpResponse expectationFailed)
                                                throws HttpException

      Generates response content entity for the final HTTP response with an error status representing the cause of expectation failure.
      Parameters:
        `expectationFailed` - the final HTTP response.
      Returns:
        the content entity for the final HTTP response with an error status representing the cause of expectation failure.
      Throws:
        `HttpException`

    - #### handle

          public final void handle(ClassicHttpRequest request,
                    HttpFilterChain.ResponseTrigger responseTrigger,
                    HttpContext context,
                    HttpFilterChain chain)
                            throws HttpException,
                                   IOException

      Description copied from interface: `HttpFilterHandler`
      Processes the incoming HTTP request and if processing has been completed submits a final response to the client. The handler must not use the response trigger after passing control to the next filter with the `HttpFilterChain.proceed(ClassicHttpRequest, HttpFilterChain.ResponseTrigger, HttpContext)` method.
      Specified by:
        `handle` in interface `HttpFilterHandler`
      Parameters:
        `request` - the actual request.
        `responseTrigger` - the response trigger.
        `context` - the actual execution context.
        `chain` - the next element in the request processing chain.
      Throws:
        `HttpException`
        `IOException`

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