org.carrot2.util.httpclient

Class HttpUtils

java.lang.Object

org.carrot2.util.httpclient.HttpUtils

public class HttpUtils
extends Object

Various utilities for working with HTTP data streams.

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Class and Description
static class	HttpUtils.Response A static holder storing HTTP response fields.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static HttpUtils.Response	doGET(String url, Collection<org.apache.http.NameValuePair> params, Collection<org.apache.http.Header> headers, String user, String password, int timeoutMillis, org.apache.http.client.RedirectStrategy redirectStrategy) Opens a HTTP/1.1 connection to the given URL using the GET method, decompresses compressed response streams, if supported by the server.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

doGET

public static HttpUtils.Response doGET(String url,
                       Collection<org.apache.http.NameValuePair> params,
                       Collection<org.apache.http.Header> headers,
                       String user,
                       String password,
                       int timeoutMillis,
                       org.apache.http.client.RedirectStrategy redirectStrategy)
                                throws IOException

Opens a HTTP/1.1 connection to the given URL using the GET method, decompresses compressed response streams, if supported by the server.

Parameters:

url - The URL to open. The URL must be properly escaped, this method will not perform any escaping.

params - Query string parameters to be attached to the url.

headers - Any extra HTTP headers to add to the request.

user - if not null, the user name to send during Basic Authentication

password - if not null, the password name to send during Basic Authentication

Returns:

The HttpUtils.Response object. Note that entire payload is read and buffered so that the HTTP connection can be closed when leaving this method.

Throws:

IOException