org.jboss.aerogear.android.pipeline

Interface Pipe<T>

Type Parameters:

T - The data type of the Pipe operation

All Known Implementing Classes:

RestAdapter

public interface Pipe<T>

A Pipe represents a server connection. An object of this class is responsible to communicate with the server in order to perform read/write operations.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
PipeType	getType() Returns the connection type of this Pipe object (e.g.
URL	getUrl() Returns the URL to which this Pipe object points.
void	read(Callback<List<T>> callback) Reads all the data from the underlying server connection.
void	readWithFilter(ReadFilter filter, Callback<List<T>> callback) Reads all the data from the underlying server connection.
void	remove(String id, Callback<Void> callback) Removes an object from the underlying server connection.
void	save(T item, Callback<T> callback) Saves or updates a given object on the server.
void	setAuthenticationModule(AuthenticationModule module) Sets the authentication module for the Pipe.

Method Detail

getType

PipeType getType()

Returns the connection type of this Pipe object (e.g. REST).

Returns:

the connection type

getUrl

URL getUrl()

Returns the URL to which this Pipe object points.

Returns:

the endpoint URL

read

void read(Callback<List<T>> callback)

Reads all the data from the underlying server connection.

Parameters:

callback - The callback for consuming the result from the Pipe invocation.

readWithFilter

void readWithFilter(ReadFilter filter,
                  Callback<List<T>> callback)

Reads all the data from the underlying server connection.

Parameters:

callback - The callback for consuming the result from the Pipe invocation.

filter - a ReadFilter for performing pagination and querying.

save

void save(T item,
        Callback<T> callback)

Saves or updates a given object on the server.

Parameters:

item - the item to save or update

callback - The callback for consuming the result from the Pipe invocation.

remove

void remove(String id,
          Callback<Void> callback)

Removes an object from the underlying server connection. The given key argument is used as the objects ID.

Parameters:

id - representing the ‘id’ of the object to be removed

callback - The callback for consuming the result from the Pipe invocation.

setAuthenticationModule

void setAuthenticationModule(AuthenticationModule module)

Sets the authentication module for the Pipe. It should already be logged in.

Parameters:

module -