eu.larkc.core.pluginManager.remote.Servlet.Tomcat.servlet
Class HttpRequest

java.lang.Object
  eu.larkc.core.pluginManager.remote.Servlet.Tomcat.servlet.HttpRequest

public class HttpRequest
extends java.lang.Object

Builds various HTTP requests (GET, PUT, POST, DELETE) to interact with remote plug-ins.

Author:

Barry Bishop

Field Summary

java.lang.String

UTF8 Constant to indicate that utf-8 encoding is used.

Constructor Summary

HttpRequest(java.lang.String url)
Constructor.

Method Summary

void	addParameter(java.lang.String parameter, java.lang.String value) Adds a parameter to the parameter map.
void	open() Open.
java.io.OutputStream	openForWriting() Open for writing.
java.io.InputStream	read() Read.
java.lang.String	readAsString() Read as string.
void	setBody(java.lang.String body) Sets the body.
void	setContentType(java.lang.String contentType) Sets the content type.
void	setDeleteMethod() Sets the delete method.
void	setGetMethod() Sets the get method.
void	setMethod(java.lang.String method) Sets the method.
void	setPostMethod() Sets the post method.
void	setPutMethod() Sets the put method.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

UTF8

public final java.lang.String UTF8

Constant to indicate that utf-8 encoding is used.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

HttpRequest

public HttpRequest(java.lang.String url)

Constructor.

Parameters:

url - target URL of the HTTP request.

Method Detail

addParameter

public void addParameter(java.lang.String parameter,
                         java.lang.String value)

Adds a parameter to the parameter map.

Parameters:

parameter - name of the parameter, used as a key for the parameter map

value - parameter value

setMethod

public void setMethod(java.lang.String method)

Sets the method.

Parameters:

method - the new method

setGetMethod

public void setGetMethod()

Sets the get method.

setPutMethod

public void setPutMethod()

Sets the put method.

setPostMethod

public void setPostMethod()

Sets the post method.

setDeleteMethod

public void setDeleteMethod()

Sets the delete method.

setContentType

public void setContentType(java.lang.String contentType)

Sets the content type.

Parameters:

contentType - the new content type

setBody

public void setBody(java.lang.String body)

Sets the body.

Parameters:

body - the new body

openForWriting

public java.io.OutputStream openForWriting()
                                    throws java.io.IOException

Open for writing.

Returns:

the output stream

Throws:

java.io.IOException - Signals that an I/O exception has occurred.

open

public void open()
          throws java.io.IOException

Open.

Throws:

java.io.IOException - Signals that an I/O exception has occurred.

read

public java.io.InputStream read()
                         throws java.io.IOException

Read.

Returns:

the input stream

Throws:

java.io.IOException - Signals that an I/O exception has occurred.

readAsString

public java.lang.String readAsString()
                              throws java.io.IOException

Read as string.

Returns:

the string

Throws:

java.io.IOException - Signals that an I/O exception has occurred.