URLConnectionHandler

All Known Implementing Classes:

BasicAuthentication, BearerAuthentication, BndAuthentication, ConnectionSettings, ConnectionSettings.SettingsURLConnectionHandler, DefaultURLConnectionHandler, HttpsVerification, MultiURLConnectionHandler
```
public interface URLConnectionHandler
```
This interface is used to sign urls, set options, etc. Anybody that interacts with a URL should allow all the URLConnectionHandler plugins to interact with the URLConnection. There are a number of known implementations:
- BndAuthentication — Authenticates using bnd's built in private key (see Settings
- BasicAuthentication — Http Basic Authentication
- HttpsVerification — Can add certificats for verification of Https or disable verification
- ConnectionSettings — Can set arbitrary headers on an Http(s) connection
URLConnection are allows matched to the URL. This MATCH is a comma separated list of Glob expressions that must match the canonical URL string representation.

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type Field Description

static java.lang.String MATCH
Configuration property for the matcher.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`void`	`handle(java.net.URLConnection connection)`	If the corresponding URL matches, modify the connection in the parameterized way.
`boolean`	`matches(java.net.URL url)`	Answer if this handler matches the given URL

- Field Detail
  - MATCH
```
static final java.lang.String MATCH
```
    Configuration property for the matcher. A comma separated list of Glob expressions. If no match is given, all URLs match.
    
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
- Method Detail
  - handle
```
void handle(java.net.URLConnection connection)
     throws java.lang.Exception
```
    If the corresponding URL matches, modify the connection in the parameterized way.
    
    Parameters:
    
    connection - The connection to modify
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.Exception
  - matches
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boolean matches(java.net.URL url)
```
    Answer if this handler matches the given URL
    
    Parameters:
    
    url - the url to match
    
    Returns:
    
    true if matched, false if not.