org.apache.soap.util.net
Class HTTPUtils

java.lang.Object
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  +--org.apache.soap.util.net.HTTPUtils

public class HTTPUtils

extends java.lang.Object

A bunch of utility stuff for doing HTTP things.

Author:

Sanjiva Weerawarana (sanjiva@watson.ibm.com), Matthew J. Duftler (duftler@us.ibm.com)

Inner Class Summary

static class

HTTPUtils.Response An instance of this class is returned by post.

Constructor Summary

HTTPUtils()

Method Summary

static HTTPUtils.Response

post(java.net.URL url, java.util.Hashtable headers, java.lang.String contentType, java.lang.String content, int timeout) POST something to the given URL.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

HTTPUtils

public HTTPUtils()

Method Detail

post

public static HTTPUtils.Response post(java.net.URL url,
                                      java.util.Hashtable headers,
                                      java.lang.String contentType,
                                      java.lang.String content,
                                      int timeout)
                               throws java.lang.IllegalArgumentException

POST something to the given URL. The headers are put in as HTTP headers, the content length is calculated and the content is sent as content. Duh.

Parameters:

url - the url to post to

headers - additional headers to send as HTTP headers

contentType - type of the content

content - the body of the post