org.apache.sling.distribution

Interface DistributionResponse

public interface DistributionResponse

A DistributionResponse represents the outcome of a DistributionRequest as handled by a certain distribution agent. Such a response will include the state of the request and optionally a message for more verbose information about the outcome of the request.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.lang.String	getMessage() returns a verbose message of the response
DistributionRequestState	getState() returns the state of the associated DistributionRequest
boolean	isSuccessful() returns the status of the request, whether it is successful or not.

Method Detail

isSuccessful

boolean isSuccessful()

returns the status of the request, whether it is successful or not. A successful request it is not necessarily distributed, it is just successfully received by the agent. To check the exact state of the request one can retrieve it with getState

Returns:

true if request has been accepted by the agent.

getState

DistributionRequestState getState()

returns the state of the associated DistributionRequest

Returns:

the state of the associated request

getMessage

java.lang.String getMessage()

returns a verbose message of the response

Returns:

a message associated with this response holding information about e.g. why distribution execution failed, etc.