HttpGenerator.java

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package org.springframework.xd.test.generator;

import java.io.File;


/**
 * Generate a single http request from a string or file payload.
 *
 * Implementation would be expect to set the URL to post to in their constructor
 *
 * @author Mark Pollack
 */
public interface HttpGenerator {

	/**
	 * Generate a http POST request using the String as the body of the request.
	 *
	 * @param message String to send in the http body.
	 */
	void postData(String message);

	/**
	 * Generate a http request from the contents of a file
	 *
	 * @param file the File that contains the data to post
	 * @throws GeneratorException If there was an error related to file handling.
	 */
	void postFromFile(File file);

}