org.infoglue.deliver.util
Class HttpHelper

java.lang.Object
  org.infoglue.deliver.util.HttpHelper

public class HttpHelper
extends java.lang.Object

Author:

Mattias Bogeblad Various methods to fetch url-contents

Constructor Summary

HttpHelper()

Method Summary

java.lang.String	getCookie(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request, java.lang.String cookieName) This method gets a cookie.
java.lang.String	getUrlContent(java.lang.String urlAddress)
java.lang.String	getUrlContent(java.lang.String urlAddress, java.util.Hashtable inHash)
java.lang.String	getUrlContent(java.lang.String urlAddress, java.util.Hashtable inHash, java.lang.String encoding)
java.lang.String	getUrlContent(java.lang.String urlAddress, java.util.Hashtable inHash, java.lang.String userName, java.lang.String password, boolean shouldEncode) This method gets information form an URL and returns a string.It throws an exception if anything goes wrong.
java.lang.String	getUrlContent(java.lang.String urlAddress, javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request, boolean includeRequest)
java.lang.String	getUrlContent(java.lang.String urlAddress, javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request, boolean includeRequest, java.lang.String encoding)
java.lang.String	getUrlContent(java.lang.String urlAddress, java.util.Map requestParameters)
java.lang.String	getUrlContent(java.lang.String urlAddress, java.util.Map requestParameters, int timeout)
java.lang.String	getUrlContent(java.lang.String urlAddress, java.util.Map requestParameters, java.lang.String encoding, int timeout)
java.lang.String	getUrlContent(java.lang.String urlAddress, java.lang.String encoding)
java.lang.String	getUrlContent(java.lang.String urlAddress, java.lang.String data, java.lang.String userName, java.lang.String password)
java.io.InputStream	getURLStream(java.lang.String urlAddress, java.util.Hashtable inHash) This method gets information form an URL and returns an input stream.It throws an exception if anything goes wrong.
java.lang.String	postToUrl(java.lang.String urlAddress, java.util.Hashtable inHash, java.lang.String encoding) This method post information to an URL and returns a string.It throws an exception if anything goes wrong.
java.lang.String	postToUrl(java.lang.String urlAddress, java.util.Hashtable inHash, java.lang.String userName, java.lang.String password, boolean shouldEncode) This method post information to an URL and returns a string.It throws an exception if anything goes wrong.
java.lang.String	postToUrl(java.lang.String urlAddress, javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request, boolean includeRequest)
java.lang.String	postToUrl(java.lang.String urlAddress, javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request, boolean includeRequest, java.lang.String encoding)
java.util.Hashtable	requestToHashtable(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request) This method converts the request-object to a hashtable instead.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

HttpHelper

public HttpHelper()

Method Detail

postToUrl

public java.lang.String postToUrl(java.lang.String urlAddress,
                                  javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request,
                                  boolean includeRequest)
                           throws java.lang.Exception

Throws:

java.lang.Exception

postToUrl

public java.lang.String postToUrl(java.lang.String urlAddress,
                                  javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request,
                                  boolean includeRequest,
                                  java.lang.String encoding)
                           throws java.lang.Exception

Throws:

java.lang.Exception

postToUrl

public java.lang.String postToUrl(java.lang.String urlAddress,
                                  java.util.Hashtable inHash,
                                  java.lang.String encoding)
                           throws java.lang.Exception

This method post information to an URL and returns a string.It throws an exception if anything goes wrong. (Works like most 'doPost' methods)

Parameters:

urlAddress - The address of the URL you would like to post to.

inHash - The parameters you would like to post to the URL.

Returns:

The result of the postToUrl method as a string.

Throws:

java.lang.Exception

postToUrl

public java.lang.String postToUrl(java.lang.String urlAddress,
                                  java.util.Hashtable inHash,
                                  java.lang.String userName,
                                  java.lang.String password,
                                  boolean shouldEncode)
                           throws java.lang.Exception

This method post information to an URL and returns a string.It throws an exception if anything goes wrong. (Works like most 'doPost' methods)

Parameters:

urlAddress - The address of the URL you would like to post to.

inHash - The parameters you would like to post to the URL.

Returns:

The result of the postToUrl method as a string.

Throws:

java.lang.Exception

getUrlContent

public java.lang.String getUrlContent(java.lang.String urlAddress,
                                      javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request,
                                      boolean includeRequest)
                               throws java.lang.Exception

Throws:

java.lang.Exception

getUrlContent

public java.lang.String getUrlContent(java.lang.String urlAddress,
                                      javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request,
                                      boolean includeRequest,
                                      java.lang.String encoding)
                               throws java.lang.Exception

Throws:

java.lang.Exception

getUrlContent

public java.lang.String getUrlContent(java.lang.String urlAddress,
                                      java.util.Hashtable inHash)
                               throws java.lang.Exception

Throws:

java.lang.Exception

getUrlContent

public java.lang.String getUrlContent(java.lang.String urlAddress,
                                      java.util.Hashtable inHash,
                                      java.lang.String encoding)
                               throws java.lang.Exception

Throws:

java.lang.Exception

getUrlContent

public java.lang.String getUrlContent(java.lang.String urlAddress)
                               throws java.lang.Exception

Throws:

java.lang.Exception

getUrlContent

public java.lang.String getUrlContent(java.lang.String urlAddress,
                                      java.util.Map requestParameters)
                               throws java.lang.Exception

Throws:

java.lang.Exception

getUrlContent

public java.lang.String getUrlContent(java.lang.String urlAddress,
                                      java.util.Map requestParameters,
                                      int timeout)
                               throws java.lang.Exception

Throws:

java.lang.Exception

getUrlContent

public java.lang.String getUrlContent(java.lang.String urlAddress,
                                      java.util.Map requestParameters,
                                      java.lang.String encoding,
                                      int timeout)
                               throws java.lang.Exception

Throws:

java.lang.Exception

getUrlContent

public java.lang.String getUrlContent(java.lang.String urlAddress,
                                      java.lang.String encoding)
                               throws java.lang.Exception

Throws:

java.lang.Exception

getUrlContent

public java.lang.String getUrlContent(java.lang.String urlAddress,
                                      java.util.Hashtable inHash,
                                      java.lang.String userName,
                                      java.lang.String password,
                                      boolean shouldEncode)
                               throws java.lang.Exception

This method gets information form an URL and returns a string.It throws an exception if anything goes wrong. (Works like most 'doGet' methods)

Parameters:

urlAddress - The address of the URL you would like to get information from.

inHash - The parameters you would like to get from the URL.

Returns:

The result of the getUrlContent method as a string.

Throws:

java.lang.Exception

getUrlContent

public java.lang.String getUrlContent(java.lang.String urlAddress,
                                      java.lang.String data,
                                      java.lang.String userName,
                                      java.lang.String password)
                               throws java.lang.Exception

Throws:

java.lang.Exception

getURLStream

public java.io.InputStream getURLStream(java.lang.String urlAddress,
                                        java.util.Hashtable inHash)
                                 throws java.lang.Exception

This method gets information form an URL and returns an input stream.It throws an exception if anything goes wrong. It returns a input stream so that you can return objects. (Works like most 'doGet' methods)

Parameters:

urlAddress - The address of the URL you would like to get information from.

inHash - The parameters you would like to get from the URL.

Returns:

A input stream.

Throws:

java.lang.Exception

getCookie

public java.lang.String getCookie(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request,
                                  java.lang.String cookieName)

This method gets a cookie.

Parameters:

cookieName -

requestToHashtable

public java.util.Hashtable requestToHashtable(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request)

This method converts the request-object to a hashtable instead.