com.googlecode.fascinator.common
Class BasicHttpClient

java.lang.Object
  com.googlecode.fascinator.common.BasicHttpClient

public class BasicHttpClient
extends java.lang.Object

Commons HttpClient wrapper that makes it easier to work with proxies and authentication

Author:

Oliver Lucido

Constructor Summary

BasicHttpClient(java.lang.String baseUrl)
Creates an HTTP client for the specified base URL.

Method Summary

void	authenticate(java.lang.String username, java.lang.String password) Sets the authentication credentials for authenticated requests
int	executeMethod(org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpMethodBase method) Sends an HTTP request.
int	executeMethod(org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpMethodBase method, boolean auth) Sends an HTTP request
java.lang.String	getBaseUrl() Gets the base URL
org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpClient	getHttpClient(boolean auth) Gets an HTTP client.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

BasicHttpClient

public BasicHttpClient(java.lang.String baseUrl)

Creates an HTTP client for the specified base URL. The base URL is used in determining proxy usage.

Parameters:

baseUrl - the base URL

Method Detail

authenticate

public void authenticate(java.lang.String username,
                         java.lang.String password)

Sets the authentication credentials for authenticated requests

Parameters:

username - a username

password - a password

getHttpClient

public org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpClient getHttpClient(boolean auth)

Gets an HTTP client. If authentication is required, the authenticate() method must be called prior to this method.

Parameters:

auth - set true to use authentication, false to skip authentication

Returns:

an HTTP client

getBaseUrl

public java.lang.String getBaseUrl()

Gets the base URL

Returns:

the base URL

executeMethod

public int executeMethod(org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpMethodBase method)
                  throws java.io.IOException

Sends an HTTP request. This method uses authentication for all requests except GET.

Parameters:

method - an HTTP method

Returns:

HTTP status code

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if an error occurred during the HTTP request

executeMethod

public int executeMethod(org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpMethodBase method,
                         boolean auth)
                  throws java.io.IOException

Sends an HTTP request

Parameters:

method - an HTTP method

auth - true to request with authentication, false to request without

Returns:

HTTP status code

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if an error occurred during the HTTP request