Added in API level 1
Deprecated in API level 22

LayeredSocketFactory

public interface LayeredSocketFactory
implements SocketFactory

org.apache.http.conn.scheme.LayeredSocketFactory

Known indirect subclasses

SSLSocketFactory This class was deprecated in API level 22. Please use URL.openConnection() instead. Please visit this webpage for further details.

This interface was deprecated in API level 22.
Please use URL.openConnection() instead. Please visit this webpage for further details.

A SocketFactory for layered sockets (SSL/TLS). See there for things to consider when implementing a socket factory.

Summary

Public methods
`abstract Socket`	`createSocket(Socket socket, String host, int port, boolean autoClose)` Returns a socket connected to the given host that is layered over an existing socket.

Inherited methods

From interface org.apache.http.conn.scheme.SocketFactory

`abstract Socket`	`connectSocket(Socket sock, String host, int port, InetAddress localAddress, int localPort, HttpParams params)` Connects a socket to the given host.
`abstract Socket`	`createSocket()` Creates a new, unconnected socket.
`abstract boolean`	`isSecure(Socket sock)` Checks whether a socket provides a secure connection.

Public methods

createSocket

Added in API level 1

 public abstract Socket createSocket (Socket socket, String host, int port, boolean autoClose)

Returns a socket connected to the given host that is layered over an existing socket. Used primarily for creating secure sockets through proxies.

Parameters
`socket`	`Socket`: the existing socket
`host`	`String`: the host name/IP
`port`	`int`: the port on the host
`autoClose`	`boolean`: a flag for closing the underling socket when the created socket is closed

Returns
`Socket`	Socket a new socket

Throws
`IOException`	if an I/O error occurs while creating the socket
`UnknownHostException`	if the IP address of the host cannot be determined