gov.llnl.babel.url

Class CookieConnection

java.lang.Object

gov.llnl.babel.url.CookieConnection

public class CookieConnection
extends java.lang.Object

Class CookieConnection caches cookies for a HTTP or HTTPS connection. It provides methods to post and get data and maintains cookie state.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
CookieConnection() Create a new cookie connection and initialize the cookie state to be empty.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.io.InputStream	getFromURL(java.lang.String url_string) Open a GET connection to the specified URL and return the associated input stream, which must be closed by the callee.
void	postToURL(java.lang.String url_string, java.lang.String content_type, java.io.InputStream content) Open a POST connection to the specified URL and submit the specified input stream with the associated content type.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

CookieConnection

public CookieConnection()

Create a new cookie connection and initialize the cookie state to be empty. Cookies will be added during gets and posts to the connection.

Method Detail

getFromURL

public java.io.InputStream getFromURL(java.lang.String url_string)
                               throws HttpException,
                                      java.io.IOException

Open a GET connection to the specified URL and return the associated input stream, which must be closed by the callee. If this is an HTTP or HTTPS URL, then cookies are cached across multiple connections. An IOException is thrown if there is an I/O error or if the status response from the HTTP server indicates an error.

Throws:

HttpException

java.io.IOException

postToURL

public void postToURL(java.lang.String url_string,
             java.lang.String content_type,
             java.io.InputStream content)
               throws HttpException,
                      java.io.IOException

Open a POST connection to the specified URL and submit the specified input stream with the associated content type. If this is an HTTP or HTTPS URL, then cookies are cached across multiple connections. An IOException is thrown if there is an I/O error or if the status response from the HTTP server indicates an error. The content stream is closed after its data is transferred to the server.

Throws:

HttpException

java.io.IOException