org.forgerock.jaspi.modules.openid.helpers

Class SimpleHTTPClient

java.lang.Object

org.forgerock.jaspi.modules.openid.helpers.SimpleHTTPClient

public class SimpleHTTPClient
extends Object

Simple helper client for connecting to URLs over HTTP and retrieving their contents via a GET request. Settable timeouts on read and connection.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
SimpleHTTPClient(int readTimeout, int connTimeout) Generates a new SimpleHTTPClient with the appropriate timeouts.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	get(URL url) Utility method for gathering the contents of an HTTP page.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

SimpleHTTPClient

public SimpleHTTPClient(int readTimeout,
                        int connTimeout)

Generates a new SimpleHTTPClient with the appropriate timeouts. Invalid timeout values (less than zero) will use the default timeout value of this class.

Parameters:

readTimeout - read timeout value (greater than or equal to zero)

connTimeout - connection timeout value (greater than or equal to zero)

Method Detail

get

public String get(URL url)
           throws IOException

Utility method for gathering the contents of an HTTP page. Should ideally be in an HTTP Client utils type package, rather than here.

Parameters:

url - from which to attempt to retrieve the contents

Returns:

The contents of the provided url

Throws:

IOException - If there are any problems connecting to or gathering the contents of the page