org.apache.anteater.test
Class HttpClient

java.lang.Object
  |
  +--org.apache.anteater.test.HttpClient

public class HttpClient

extends Object

HTTP operations on raw sockets using HttpMessage. This class is used by HttpRequest to perform HTTP requests.

Since:

October 25, 2002

Version:

$Revision: 1.11 $ $Date: 2003/01/18 01:42:51 $

Author:

Jeff Turner

Field Summary

static int

UNSET_TIMEOUT

Method Summary

static HttpMessage	dispatch(HttpMessage request, org.apache.tools.ant.Project project, Session session, int timeout, Boolean useTidy, Boolean followRedirects, int maxRedirects, int debug) Send the request to the specified URL.
static Socket	getSocket(HttpMessage request) Creates and returns a normal or SSL socket, depending on the HttpMessage.isSecure() flag.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

UNSET_TIMEOUT

public static final int UNSET_TIMEOUT

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Method Detail

dispatch

public static HttpMessage dispatch(HttpMessage request,
                                   org.apache.tools.ant.Project project,
                                   Session session,
                                   int timeout,
                                   Boolean useTidy,
                                   Boolean followRedirects,
                                   int maxRedirects,
                                   int debug)
                            throws Exception

Send the request to the specified URL. We use plain socket (instead of the more convenient URLConnection) because we want to check bad http, special strings, etc.

Parameters:

request - Request to send

project - Ant Project object used for variable interpolation

session - Session to update with returned cookies

timeout - How long to wait if the socket hangs

useTidy - Whether to use JTidy to make the body of the response well-formed.

followRedirects - whether or not to transparently follow 302 HTTP redirects.

maxRedirects - Max number of times to follow redirects

debug - debug level

Throws:

UnknownHostException - if offline

Exception - if the HTTP operation fails.

getSocket

public static Socket getSocket(HttpMessage request)
                        throws Exception

Creates and returns a normal or SSL socket, depending on the HttpMessage.isSecure() flag.

Exception