proxy

Clients can send HTTP requests to a proxy that forward the request to a Web server. It acts onbehalf of the client.

Can be used in

Syntax

				<proxy name="string" 
						  port="integer"
						  blockRequest="[true,false]"
						  blockResponse="[true,false]">
					<request>
						[interceptors]*
					</request>
					[interceptors]*
					<response>	
						[interceptors]*
					</response>
				</proxy>

Listing 1: proxy Syntax

Sample

			
				<proxy name="HTTP Proxy" port="3128" >
					<transform xslt="strip.xslt"/>
					<switch>
						<case xPath="//convert" url="http://www.thomas-bayer.com/axis2/" />
					</switch>	
				</proxy>

Listing 2: proxy Example

Attributes

Name	Mandatory	Default	Description	Example
name	no	A name is created based on the pattern: [target host] [method] [path]:[target port]		Test Web Service
port	no	80	Listen Port	8080
blockResponse	no	false		false
blockRequest	no	false		false

Child Elements

Name	Cardinality	Description
localhost	0..1	Defines the host address that is used when connecting to the server.
request	0..*	Limits interceptors to requests only.
response	0..*	Limits interceptors to response only.
basicAuthentication	0..1	HTTP Basic Authentication Interceptor
clusterNotification	0..1	Up/Down push interface interceptor for cluster managment
counter	0..*	Interceptor that provides a test web site.
rewriter	0..*	Interceptor to rewrite URLs.
adminConsole	0..1	Initializes the Admin Console.
formValidation	0..*	Interceptor that validates form parameter.
webServer	0..1	Web Server Interceptor
switch	0..*	Interceptor for content based routing.
accessControl	0..1	Interceptor to restrict access to services and resources.
exchangeStore	0..*	Interceptor that stores exchanges.
groovy	0..*	Runs Groovy scripts.
log	0..*	Logs request and response.
statisticsCSV	0..*	Interceptor that logs in a CSV file.
statisticsJDBC	0..*	Interceptor that logs in a database.
throttle	0..*	Interceptor that delays and limits requests.
transform	0..*	Interceptor that applies XSLT transformations
balancer	0..1	LoadBalancer Interceptor
validator	0..*	Interceptor that validates against a WSDL and referenced Schemas
rest2Soap	0..*	Interceptor that exposes a SOAP service as REST resource.
interceptor	0..*	References a interceptor defined in the monitor-beans.xml
regExReplacer	0..*	Interceptor that replaces parts of the content based on a regulare expression.
wsdlRewriter	0..1	Interceptor that rewrites URLs in endpoint and import definitions of a WSDL.