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.

Author:

German Attanasio Ruiz (germanatt@us.ibm.com)

Field Summary

Fields

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

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

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Constructor Summary

Constructors

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

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
protected org.apache.http.HttpResponse	execute(org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpRequestBase request) Execute the Http request.
protected String	getInputFormat(Map<String,Object> params, String... acceptedFormats) Returns the first non-null accepted format from the parameter map.
protected void	setAuthentication(org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpRequestBase request) Sets the authentication.

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

executeRequest, executeWithoutResponse, getApiKey, getDefaultContentType, getDefaultRequestParams, getEndPoint, getHttpClient, getThreadSafeClient, setApiKey, 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://access.alchemyapi.com/calls")

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Constant Field Values

OUTPUT_MODE

protected static final String OUTPUT_MODE

The Constant OUTPUT_MODE.

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Constant Field Values

JSONP

protected static final String JSONP

The Constant JSONP.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

AlchemyService

public AlchemyService()

Instantiates a new alchemy service.

Method Detail

setAuthentication

protected void setAuthentication(org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpRequestBase request)

Description copied from class: WatsonService

Sets the authentication.

Overrides:

setAuthentication in class WatsonService

Parameters:

request - the new authentication

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

execute

protected org.apache.http.HttpResponse execute(org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpRequestBase request)

Description copied from class: WatsonService

Execute the Http request.

Overrides:

execute in class WatsonService

Parameters:

request - the http request

Returns:

the http response