org.forgerock.util

Class SimpleHTTPClient

java.lang.Object

org.forgerock.util.SimpleHTTPClient

public class SimpleHTTPClient
extends Object

Simple helper client for connecting to URLs over HTTP and retrieving their contents via a GET request. Settable timeouts on read and connection.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static int	DEFAULT_CONNECTION_TIMEOUT Default connection timeout on HTTP requests from this client.
static int	DEFAULT_READ_TIMEOUT Default read timeout on HTTP requests from this client.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
SimpleHTTPClient() Generates a new SimpleHTTPClient with the appropriate timeouts.
SimpleHTTPClient(int readTimeout, int connTimeout) Generates a new SimpleHTTPClient with the appropriate timeouts.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	get(URL url) Utility method for gathering the contents of an HTTP page.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

DEFAULT_READ_TIMEOUT

public static final int DEFAULT_READ_TIMEOUT

Default read timeout on HTTP requests from this client.

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Constant Field Values

DEFAULT_CONNECTION_TIMEOUT

public static final int DEFAULT_CONNECTION_TIMEOUT

Default connection timeout on HTTP requests from this client.

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Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

SimpleHTTPClient

public SimpleHTTPClient()

Generates a new SimpleHTTPClient with the appropriate timeouts.

SimpleHTTPClient

public SimpleHTTPClient(int readTimeout,
                        int connTimeout)

Generates a new SimpleHTTPClient with the appropriate timeouts.

Parameters:

readTimeout - read timeout value (greater than or equal to zero)

connTimeout - connection timeout value (greater than or equal to zero)

Method Detail

get

public String get(URL url)
           throws IOException

Utility method for gathering the contents of an HTTP page. Should ideally be in an HTTP Client utils type package, rather than here.

Parameters:

url - from which to attempt to retrieve the contents

Returns:

The contents of the provided url

Throws:

IOException - If there are any problems connecting to or gathering the contents of the page