public static interface Invocation.Builder extends SyncInvoker
request(...) methods on a resource target,
 provides methods for preparing a client request invocation. Once the request is prepared the invocation builder can
 be either used to build an Invocation with a generic execution interface:
 
 Client client = ClientBuilder.newClient();
 WebTarget resourceTarget = client.target("http://examples.jaxrs.com/");
 // Build a HTTP GET request that accepts "text/plain" response type
 // and contains a custom HTTP header entry "Foo: bar".
 Invocation invocation = resourceTarget.request("text/plain")
         .header("Foo", "bar").buildGet();
 // Invoke the request using generic interface
 String response = invocation.invoke(String.class);
 
 Alternatively, one of the inherited synchronous invocation methods can be used to invoke the
 prepared request and return the server response in a single step, e.g.:
 
 Client client = ClientBuilder.newClient();
 WebTarget resourceTarget = client.target("http://examples.jaxrs.com/");
 // Build and invoke the get request in a single step
 String response = resourceTarget.request("text/plain")
         .header("Foo", "bar").get(String.class);
 
 Once the request is fully prepared for invoking, switching to an asynchronous invocation mode is
 possible by calling the async() method on the builder, e.g.:
 
 Client client = ClientBuilder.newClient();
 WebTarget resourceTarget = client.target("http://examples.jaxrs.com/");
 // Build and invoke the get request asynchronously in a single step
 Future<String> response = resourceTarget.request("text/plain")
         .header("Foo", "bar").async().get(String.class);
 | Modifier and Type | Method and Description | 
|---|---|
| Invocation.Builder | accept(MediaType... mediaTypes)Add the accepted response media types. | 
| Invocation.Builder | accept(java.lang.String... mediaTypes)Add the accepted response media types. | 
| Invocation.Builder | acceptEncoding(java.lang.String... encodings)Add acceptable encodings. | 
| Invocation.Builder | acceptLanguage(java.util.Locale... locales)Add acceptable languages. | 
| Invocation.Builder | acceptLanguage(java.lang.String... locales)Add acceptable languages. | 
| AsyncInvoker | async()Access the asynchronous uniform request invocation interface to asynchronously invoke the built request. | 
| Invocation | build(java.lang.String method)Build a request invocation using an arbitrary request method name. | 
| Invocation | build(java.lang.String method,
     Entity<?> entity)Build a request invocation using an arbitrary request method name and request entity. | 
| Invocation | buildDelete()Build a DELETE request invocation. | 
| Invocation | buildGet()Build a GET request invocation. | 
| Invocation | buildPost(Entity<?> entity)Build a POST request invocation. | 
| Invocation | buildPut(Entity<?> entity)Build a PUT request invocation. | 
| Invocation.Builder | cacheControl(CacheControl cacheControl)Set the cache control data of the message. | 
| Invocation.Builder | cookie(Cookie cookie)Add a cookie to be set. | 
| Invocation.Builder | cookie(java.lang.String name,
      java.lang.String value)Add a cookie to be set. | 
| Invocation.Builder | header(java.lang.String name,
      java.lang.Object value)Add an arbitrary header. | 
| Invocation.Builder | headers(MultivaluedMap<java.lang.String,java.lang.Object> headers)Replaces all existing headers with the newly supplied headers. | 
| Invocation.Builder | property(java.lang.String name,
        java.lang.Object value)Set a new property in the context of a request represented by this invocation builder. | 
| CompletionStageRxInvoker | rx()Access the default reactive invoker based on  CompletionStage. | 
| <T extends RxInvoker> | rx(java.lang.Class<T> clazz)Access a reactive invoker based on a  RxInvokersubclass provider. | 
Invocation build(java.lang.String method)
method - request method name.Invocation build(java.lang.String method, Entity<?> entity)
method - request method name.entity - request entity, including it's full Variant information. Any variant-related
 HTTP headers previously set (namely Content-Type, Content-Language and Content-Encoding) will
 be overwritten using the entity variant information.Invocation buildGet()
Invocation buildDelete()
Invocation buildPost(Entity<?> entity)
entity - request entity, including it's full Variant information. Any variant-related
 HTTP headers previously set (namely Content-Type, Content-Language and Content-Encoding) will
 be overwritten using the entity variant information.Invocation buildPut(Entity<?> entity)
entity - request entity, including it's full Variant information. Any variant-related
 HTTP headers previously set (namely Content-Type, Content-Language and Content-Encoding) will
 be overwritten using the entity variant information.AsyncInvoker async()
Invocation.Builder accept(java.lang.String... mediaTypes)
mediaTypes - accepted response media types.Invocation.Builder accept(MediaType... mediaTypes)
mediaTypes - accepted response media types.Invocation.Builder acceptLanguage(java.util.Locale... locales)
locales - an array of the acceptable languages.Invocation.Builder acceptLanguage(java.lang.String... locales)
locales - an array of the acceptable languages.Invocation.Builder acceptEncoding(java.lang.String... encodings)
encodings - an array of the acceptable encodings.Invocation.Builder cookie(Cookie cookie)
cookie - to be set.Invocation.Builder cookie(java.lang.String name, java.lang.String value)
name - the name of the cookie.value - the value of the cookie.Invocation.Builder cacheControl(CacheControl cacheControl)
cacheControl - the cache control directives, if null any existing cache control directives will be
 removed.Invocation.Builder header(java.lang.String name, java.lang.Object value)
name - the name of the headervalue - the value of the header, the header will be serialized using a
 RuntimeDelegate.HeaderDelegate if one is available via
 RuntimeDelegate.createHeaderDelegate(java.lang.Class) for the class of value or using
 its toString method if a header delegate is not available. If value is null then all current
 headers of the same name will be removed.Invocation.Builder headers(MultivaluedMap<java.lang.String,java.lang.Object> headers)
headers - new headers to be set, if null all existing headers will be removed.Invocation.Builder property(java.lang.String name, java.lang.Object value)
 The property is available for a later retrieval via ClientRequestContext.getProperty(String) or
 InterceptorContext.getProperty(String). If a property with a given name is already set in the
 request context, the existing value of the property will be updated. Setting a null value into a property
 effectively removes the property from the request property bag.
 
name - property name.value - (new) property value. null value removes the property with the given name.Invocation.property(String, Object)CompletionStageRxInvoker rx()
CompletionStage.rx(Class)<T extends RxInvoker> T rx(java.lang.Class<T> clazz)
RxInvoker subclass provider. Note that corresponding
 RxInvokerProvider must be registered in the client runtime.
 This method is an extension point for JAX-RS implementations to support other types representing asynchronous computations.
T - generic invoker type.clazz - RxInvoker subclass.java.lang.IllegalStateException - when provider for given class is not registered.Configurable.register(Class)