edu.pdx.cs399J.web
Class HttpRequestHelper

java.lang.Object
  edu.pdx.cs399J.web.HttpRequestHelper

public class HttpRequestHelper
extends Object

A helper class that provides methods for requesting resources via HTTP

Nested Class Summary

static class

HttpRequestHelper.Response Encapsulates a response to an HTTP request

Constructor Summary

HttpRequestHelper()

Method Summary

protected HttpRequestHelper.Response	get(String urlString, String... parameters) Performs an HTTP GET on the given URL
static void	main(String[] args) A main method that requests a resource from a URL using a given HTTP method
protected HttpRequestHelper.Response	post(String urlString, String... parameters) Performs an HTTP POST to the given URL
protected HttpRequestHelper.Response	put(String urlString, String... parameters) Performs an HTTP PUT on the given URL

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

HttpRequestHelper

public HttpRequestHelper()

Method Detail

get

protected HttpRequestHelper.Response get(String urlString,
                                         String... parameters)
                                  throws IOException

Performs an HTTP GET on the given URL

Parameters:

urlString - The URL to get

parameters - The key/value query parameters

Returns:

A Response summarizing the result of the GET

Throws:

IOException

post

protected HttpRequestHelper.Response post(String urlString,
                                          String... parameters)
                                   throws IOException

Performs an HTTP POST to the given URL

Parameters:

urlString - The URL to post to

parameters - The key/value parameters

Returns:

A Response summarizing the result of the POST

Throws:

IOException

put

protected HttpRequestHelper.Response put(String urlString,
                                         String... parameters)
                                  throws IOException

Performs an HTTP PUT on the given URL

Parameters:

urlString - The URL to put to

parameters - key/value parameters to the put

Returns:

A Reponse summarizing the result of the PUT

Throws:

IOException

main

public static void main(String[] args)
                 throws IOException

A main method that requests a resource from a URL using a given HTTP method

Throws:

IOException