eu.larkc.core.util
Class HttpUtils

java.lang.Object
  eu.larkc.core.util.HttpUtils

public class HttpUtils
extends java.lang.Object

A collection of handy HTTP methods.

Constructor Summary

HttpUtils()

Method Summary

static void	postData(java.io.Reader data, java.net.URL endpoint, java.io.Writer output) Reads data from the data reader and posts it to a server via a POST request.
static java.lang.String	sendGetRequest(java.lang.String url) HTTP GET request with text/xml content type.
static java.lang.String	sendGetRequest(java.lang.String resourceUrl, java.lang.String contentType) Send an HTTP GET request to the given url

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

HttpUtils

public HttpUtils()

Method Detail

sendGetRequest

public static java.lang.String sendGetRequest(java.lang.String url)

HTTP GET request with text/xml content type.

Parameters:

url - The URL to the resource.

Returns:

The returned content.

sendGetRequest

public static java.lang.String sendGetRequest(java.lang.String resourceUrl,
                                              java.lang.String contentType)

Send an HTTP GET request to the given url

Parameters:

resourceUrl - - The full URL of the resource

contentType - Type of the content

Returns:

- The response from the end point

postData

public static void postData(java.io.Reader data,
                            java.net.URL endpoint,
                            java.io.Writer output)
                     throws java.io.IOException

Reads data from the data reader and posts it to a server via a POST request.

Parameters:

data - The data to send

endpoint - The server's address

output - Where to write the server's response

Throws:

java.io.IOException