psdi.iface.util

Class HttpPostClient

java.lang.Object

psdi.iface.util.HttpPostClient

public class HttpPostClient
extends java.lang.Object

Test Client for HTTP Post

Version:

1.0 4/29/02

Author:

Junaid Bhatra

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
HttpPostClient()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static java.lang.String	getResponseString(java.io.InputStream is) Get the Response String from the InputStream
static java.lang.String	getURLEncodedString(java.util.Map requestProps) Returns a URL-encoded string of the given request properties
static void	main(java.lang.String[] args) Main method
static java.io.InputStream	postBinaryData(java.lang.String uri, byte[] data, java.util.Map headers, java.lang.String contentType) Post the data given as bytes
static java.io.InputStream	postTextData(java.lang.String uri, java.lang.String data, java.util.Map headers, java.lang.String contentType) Post the given text data
static java.io.InputStream	postURLEncodedData(java.lang.String uri, java.util.Map requestProps, java.util.Map headers) Post the given data as URL-encoded of the type application/x-www-form-urlencoded
static byte[]	readBinaryData(java.lang.String fileName) Utility method to read binary data from a file
static java.lang.String	readTextData(java.lang.String fileName, java.lang.String charEncoding) Utility method to read text data from a file.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

HttpPostClient

public HttpPostClient()

Method Detail

postBinaryData

public static java.io.InputStream postBinaryData(java.lang.String uri,
                                 byte[] data,
                                 java.util.Map headers,
                                 java.lang.String contentType)
                                          throws java.io.IOException

Post the data given as bytes

Parameters:

uri - the URL

data - the data

headers - Map of headers which will be converted to HTTP headers

contentType - the HTTP Content-Type header. If null, then a Content-Type of application/binary will be used

Throws:

java.io.IOException

postTextData

public static java.io.InputStream postTextData(java.lang.String uri,
                               java.lang.String data,
                               java.util.Map headers,
                               java.lang.String contentType)
                                        throws java.io.IOException

Post the given text data

Parameters:

uri - the URL

data - the text data

headers - Map of headers which will be converted to HTTP headers

contentType - the HTTP Content-Type header. If null, then a Content-Type of text/xml; charset=UTF-8 will be used

Throws:

java.io.IOException

postURLEncodedData

public static java.io.InputStream postURLEncodedData(java.lang.String uri,
                                     java.util.Map requestProps,
                                     java.util.Map headers)
                                              throws java.lang.Exception

Post the given data as URL-encoded of the type application/x-www-form-urlencoded

Parameters:

uri - the URI to post data

requestProps - the Map containing the request properties

headers - the HTTP headers

Throws:

java.lang.Exception

getURLEncodedString

public static java.lang.String getURLEncodedString(java.util.Map requestProps)
                                            throws java.lang.Exception

Returns a URL-encoded string of the given request properties

Parameters:

requestProps - the Map containing the request properties

Returns:

URL-encoded string of the given request properties

Throws:

java.lang.Exception

getResponseString

public static java.lang.String getResponseString(java.io.InputStream is)
                                          throws java.io.IOException

Get the Response String from the InputStream

Parameters:

is - the Input Stream

Returns:

the response string

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if any IO error occurs while reading the stream

readBinaryData

public static byte[] readBinaryData(java.lang.String fileName)
                             throws java.io.IOException

Utility method to read binary data from a file

Parameters:

fileName - the absolute path to the file

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if any IO error occurs while reading the file

readTextData

public static java.lang.String readTextData(java.lang.String fileName,
                            java.lang.String charEncoding)
                                     throws java.io.IOException

Utility method to read text data from a file. If no character encoding is provided in the parameter, it assumes default system character encoding

Parameters:

fileName - the absolute path to the file

charEncoding - the character encoding of the file

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if any IO error occurs while reading the file

main

public static void main(java.lang.String[] args)
                 throws java.lang.Exception

Main method

Throws:

java.lang.Exception - if any error occurs