com.ibm.watson.developer_cloud.service

Class AlchemyService

java.lang.Object

com.ibm.watson.developer_cloud.service.WatsonService

com.ibm.watson.developer_cloud.service.AlchemyService

Direct Known Subclasses:

AlchemyDataNews, AlchemyLanguage, AlchemyVision

public abstract class AlchemyService
extends WatsonService

Abstract class which has functionality for the different Alchemy services.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
protected static String	ENDPOINT The Alchemy endpoint.
protected static String	JSONP
protected static String	OUTPUT_MODE

Fields inherited from class com.ibm.watson.developer_cloud.service.WatsonService

VERSION

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
AlchemyService() Instantiates a new alchemy service.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
protected com.squareup.okhttp.Response	execute(com.squareup.okhttp.Request request) Execute the HTTP request.
protected <T extends GenericModel> T	executeRequest(com.squareup.okhttp.Request request, Class<T> returnType) Executes the HTTP Request, reads and parses the HTTP Response.
protected String	getInputFormat(Map<String,Object> params, String... acceptedFormats) Returns the first non-null accepted format from the parameter map.
protected void	setAuthentication(com.squareup.okhttp.Request.Builder builder) Sets the authentication.

Methods inherited from class com.ibm.watson.developer_cloud.service.WatsonService

configureHttpClient, executeWithoutResponse, getApiKey, getEndPoint, getName, getToken, setApiKey, setDefaultHeaders, setEndPoint, setUsernameAndPassword, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

ENDPOINT

protected static final String ENDPOINT

The Alchemy endpoint. (value is "https://gateway-a.watsonplatform.net/calls")

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Constant Field Values

JSONP

protected static final String JSONP

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Constant Field Values

OUTPUT_MODE

protected static final String OUTPUT_MODE

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Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

AlchemyService

public AlchemyService()

Instantiates a new alchemy service.

Method Detail

execute

protected com.squareup.okhttp.Response execute(com.squareup.okhttp.Request request)

Description copied from class: WatsonService

Execute the HTTP request.

Overrides:

execute in class WatsonService

Parameters:

request - the HTTP request

Returns:

the HTTP response

executeRequest

protected <T extends GenericModel> T executeRequest(com.squareup.okhttp.Request request,
                                                    Class<T> returnType)

Description copied from class: WatsonService

Executes the HTTP Request, reads and parses the HTTP Response.

Overrides:

executeRequest in class WatsonService

Type Parameters:

T - the POJO class that represents the response

Parameters:

request - the request

returnType - the return type

Returns:

the POJO object

getInputFormat

protected String getInputFormat(Map<String,Object> params,
                                String... acceptedFormats)

Returns the first non-null accepted format from the parameter map.

Parameters:

params - the request parameters

acceptedFormats - the accepted formats

Returns:

the first accepted format found in the map

setAuthentication

protected void setAuthentication(com.squareup.okhttp.Request.Builder builder)

Description copied from class: WatsonService

Sets the authentication.

Overrides:

setAuthentication in class WatsonService

Parameters:

builder - the new authentication