java.net
Class HttpURLConnection

java.lang.Object
  java.net.URLConnection
      java.net.HttpURLConnection

Direct Known Subclasses:

HttpsURLConnection

public abstract class HttpURLConnection
extends URLConnection

A URLConnection with support for HTTP-specific features. See the spec for details.

Each HttpURLConnection instance is used to make a single request but the underlying network connection to the HTTP server may be transparently shared by other instances. Calling the close() methods on the InputStream or OutputStream of an HttpURLConnection after a request may free network resources associated with this instance but has no effect on any shared persistent connection. Calling the disconnect() method may close the underlying socket if a persistent connection is otherwise idle at that time.

The HTTP protocol handler has a few settings that can be accessed through System Properties. This covers Proxy settings as well as various other settings.

Since:

JDK1.1

See Also:

disconnect()

Field Summary

protected int	chunkLength Suppressed. The chunk-length when using chunked encoding streaming mode for output.
protected int	fixedContentLength Suppressed. The fixed content-length when using fixed-length streaming mode.
protected long	fixedContentLengthLong Suppressed. The fixed content-length when using fixed-length streaming mode.
static int	HTTP_ACCEPTED Suppressed. HTTP Status-Code 202: Accepted.
static int	HTTP_BAD_GATEWAY Suppressed. HTTP Status-Code 502: Bad Gateway.
static int	HTTP_BAD_METHOD Suppressed. HTTP Status-Code 405: Method Not Allowed.
static int	HTTP_BAD_REQUEST Suppressed. HTTP Status-Code 400: Bad Request.
static int	HTTP_CLIENT_TIMEOUT Suppressed. HTTP Status-Code 408: Request Time-Out.
static int	HTTP_CONFLICT Suppressed. HTTP Status-Code 409: Conflict.
static int	HTTP_CREATED Suppressed. HTTP Status-Code 201: Created.
static int	HTTP_ENTITY_TOO_LARGE Suppressed. HTTP Status-Code 413: Request Entity Too Large.
static int	HTTP_FORBIDDEN Suppressed. HTTP Status-Code 403: Forbidden.
static int	HTTP_GATEWAY_TIMEOUT Suppressed. HTTP Status-Code 504: Gateway Timeout.
static int	HTTP_GONE Suppressed. HTTP Status-Code 410: Gone.
static int	HTTP_INTERNAL_ERROR Suppressed. HTTP Status-Code 500: Internal Server Error.
static int	HTTP_LENGTH_REQUIRED Suppressed. HTTP Status-Code 411: Length Required.
static int	HTTP_MOVED_PERM Suppressed. HTTP Status-Code 301: Moved Permanently.
static int	HTTP_MOVED_TEMP Suppressed. HTTP Status-Code 302: Temporary Redirect.
static int	HTTP_MULT_CHOICE Suppressed. HTTP Status-Code 300: Multiple Choices.
static int	HTTP_NO_CONTENT Suppressed. HTTP Status-Code 204: No Content.
static int	HTTP_NOT_ACCEPTABLE Suppressed. HTTP Status-Code 406: Not Acceptable.
static int	HTTP_NOT_AUTHORITATIVE Suppressed. HTTP Status-Code 203: Non-Authoritative Information.
static int	HTTP_NOT_FOUND Suppressed. HTTP Status-Code 404: Not Found.
static int	HTTP_NOT_IMPLEMENTED Suppressed. HTTP Status-Code 501: Not Implemented.
static int	HTTP_NOT_MODIFIED Suppressed. HTTP Status-Code 304: Not Modified.
static int	HTTP_OK Suppressed. HTTP Status-Code 200: OK.
static int	HTTP_PARTIAL Suppressed. HTTP Status-Code 206: Partial Content.
static int	HTTP_PAYMENT_REQUIRED Suppressed. HTTP Status-Code 402: Payment Required.
static int	HTTP_PRECON_FAILED Suppressed. HTTP Status-Code 412: Precondition Failed.
static int	HTTP_PROXY_AUTH Suppressed. HTTP Status-Code 407: Proxy Authentication Required.
static int	HTTP_REQ_TOO_LONG Suppressed. HTTP Status-Code 414: Request-URI Too Large.
static int	HTTP_RESET Suppressed. HTTP Status-Code 205: Reset Content.
static int	HTTP_SEE_OTHER Suppressed. HTTP Status-Code 303: See Other.
static int	HTTP_SERVER_ERROR Suppressed. Deprecated. it is misplaced and shouldn't have existed.
static int	HTTP_UNAUTHORIZED Suppressed. HTTP Status-Code 401: Unauthorized.
static int	HTTP_UNAVAILABLE Suppressed. HTTP Status-Code 503: Service Unavailable.
static int	HTTP_UNSUPPORTED_TYPE Suppressed. HTTP Status-Code 415: Unsupported Media Type.
static int	HTTP_USE_PROXY Suppressed. HTTP Status-Code 305: Use Proxy.
static int	HTTP_VERSION Suppressed. HTTP Status-Code 505: HTTP Version Not Supported.
protected boolean	instanceFollowRedirects Suppressed. If true, the protocol will automatically follow redirects.
protected String	method Suppressed. The HTTP method (GET,POST,PUT,etc.).
protected int	responseCode Suppressed. An int representing the three digit HTTP Status-Code.
protected String	responseMessage Suppressed. The HTTP response message.

Fields inherited from class java.net.URLConnection

allowUserInteraction, connected, doInput, doOutput, ifModifiedSince, url, useCaches

Constructor Summary

protected

HttpURLConnection(URL u) Suppressed. Constructor for the HttpURLConnection.

Method Summary

abstract void	disconnect() Suppressed. Indicates that other requests to the server are unlikely in the near future.
InputStream	getErrorStream() Suppressed. Returns the error stream if the connection failed but the server sent useful data nonetheless.
static boolean	getFollowRedirects() Suppressed. Returns a boolean indicating whether or not HTTP redirects (3xx) should be automatically followed.
String	getHeaderField(int n) Suppressed. Returns the value for the nth header field.
long	getHeaderFieldDate(String name, long Default) Suppressed. Returns the value of the named field parsed as date.
String	getHeaderFieldKey(int n) Suppressed. Returns the key for the nth header field.
boolean	getInstanceFollowRedirects() Suppressed. Returns the value of this HttpURLConnection's instanceFollowRedirects field.
Permission	getPermission() Suppressed. Returns a SocketPermission object representing the permission necessary to connect to the destination host and port.
String	getRequestMethod() Suppressed. Get the request method.
int	getResponseCode() Suppressed. Gets the status code from an HTTP response message.
String	getResponseMessage() Suppressed. Gets the HTTP response message, if any, returned along with the response code from a server.
void	setChunkedStreamingMode(int chunklen) Suppressed. This method is used to enable streaming of a HTTP request body without internal buffering, when the content length is not known in advance.
void	setFixedLengthStreamingMode(int contentLength) Suppressed. This method is used to enable streaming of a HTTP request body without internal buffering, when the content length is known in advance.
void	setFixedLengthStreamingMode(long contentLength) Suppressed. This method is used to enable streaming of a HTTP request body without internal buffering, when the content length is known in advance.
static void	setFollowRedirects(boolean set) Suppressed. Sets whether HTTP redirects (requests with response code 3xx) should be automatically followed by this class.
void	setInstanceFollowRedirects(boolean followRedirects) Suppressed. Sets whether HTTP redirects (requests with response code 3xx) should be automatically followed by this HttpURLConnection instance.
void	setRequestMethod(String method) Suppressed. Set the method for the URL request, one of: GET POST HEAD OPTIONS PUT DELETE TRACE are legal, subject to protocol restrictions.
abstract boolean	usingProxy() Suppressed. Indicates if the connection is going through a proxy.

Methods inherited from class java.net.URLConnection

addRequestProperty, connect, getAllowUserInteraction, getConnectTimeout, getContent, getContent, getContentEncoding, getContentLength, getContentLengthLong, getContentType, getDate, getDefaultAllowUserInteraction, getDefaultRequestProperty, getDefaultUseCaches, getDoInput, getDoOutput, getExpiration, getFileNameMap, getHeaderField, getHeaderFieldInt, getHeaderFieldLong, getHeaderFields, getIfModifiedSince, getInputStream, getLastModified, getOutputStream, getReadTimeout, getRequestProperties, getRequestProperty, getURL, getUseCaches, guessContentTypeFromName, guessContentTypeFromStream, setAllowUserInteraction, setConnectTimeout, setContentHandlerFactory, setDefaultAllowUserInteraction, setDefaultRequestProperty, setDefaultUseCaches, setDoInput, setDoOutput, setFileNameMap, setIfModifiedSince, setReadTimeout, setRequestProperty, setUseCaches, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

method

protected String method

Suppressed. default deny

The HTTP method (GET,POST,PUT,etc.).

chunkLength

protected int chunkLength

Suppressed. default deny

The chunk-length when using chunked encoding streaming mode for output. A value of -1 means chunked encoding is disabled for output.

Since:

1.5

fixedContentLength

protected int fixedContentLength

Suppressed. default deny

The fixed content-length when using fixed-length streaming mode. A value of -1 means fixed-length streaming mode is disabled for output.

NOTE: fixedContentLengthLong is recommended instead of this field, as it allows larger content lengths to be set.

Since:

1.5

fixedContentLengthLong

protected long fixedContentLengthLong

Policy unspecified!

The fixed content-length when using fixed-length streaming mode. A value of -1 means fixed-length streaming mode is disabled for output.

Since:

1.7

responseCode

protected int responseCode

Suppressed. default deny

An int representing the three digit HTTP Status-Code.

• 1xx: Informational
• 2xx: Success
• 3xx: Redirection
• 4xx: Client Error
• 5xx: Server Error

responseMessage

protected String responseMessage

Suppressed. default deny

The HTTP response message.

instanceFollowRedirects

protected boolean instanceFollowRedirects

Suppressed. default deny

If true, the protocol will automatically follow redirects. If false, the protocol will not automatically follow redirects.

This field is set by the setInstanceFollowRedirects method. Its value is returned by the getInstanceFollowRedirects method.

Its default value is based on the value of the static followRedirects at HttpURLConnection construction time.

See Also:

setInstanceFollowRedirects(boolean), getInstanceFollowRedirects(), setFollowRedirects(boolean)

HTTP_OK

public static final int HTTP_OK

Suppressed. default deny

HTTP Status-Code 200: OK.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

HTTP_CREATED

public static final int HTTP_CREATED

Suppressed. default deny

HTTP Status-Code 201: Created.

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HTTP_ACCEPTED

public static final int HTTP_ACCEPTED

Suppressed. default deny

HTTP Status-Code 202: Accepted.

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HTTP_NOT_AUTHORITATIVE

public static final int HTTP_NOT_AUTHORITATIVE

Suppressed. default deny

HTTP Status-Code 203: Non-Authoritative Information.

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HTTP_NO_CONTENT

public static final int HTTP_NO_CONTENT

Suppressed. default deny

HTTP Status-Code 204: No Content.

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HTTP_RESET

public static final int HTTP_RESET

Suppressed. default deny

HTTP Status-Code 205: Reset Content.

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HTTP_PARTIAL

public static final int HTTP_PARTIAL

Suppressed. default deny

HTTP Status-Code 206: Partial Content.

See Also:

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HTTP_MULT_CHOICE

public static final int HTTP_MULT_CHOICE

Suppressed. default deny

HTTP Status-Code 300: Multiple Choices.

See Also:

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HTTP_MOVED_PERM

public static final int HTTP_MOVED_PERM

Suppressed. default deny

HTTP Status-Code 301: Moved Permanently.

See Also:

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HTTP_MOVED_TEMP

public static final int HTTP_MOVED_TEMP

Suppressed. default deny

HTTP Status-Code 302: Temporary Redirect.

See Also:

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HTTP_SEE_OTHER

public static final int HTTP_SEE_OTHER

Suppressed. default deny

HTTP Status-Code 303: See Other.

See Also:

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HTTP_NOT_MODIFIED

public static final int HTTP_NOT_MODIFIED

Suppressed. default deny

HTTP Status-Code 304: Not Modified.

See Also:

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HTTP_USE_PROXY

public static final int HTTP_USE_PROXY

Suppressed. default deny

HTTP Status-Code 305: Use Proxy.

See Also:

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HTTP_BAD_REQUEST

public static final int HTTP_BAD_REQUEST

Suppressed. default deny

HTTP Status-Code 400: Bad Request.

See Also:

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HTTP_UNAUTHORIZED

public static final int HTTP_UNAUTHORIZED

Suppressed. default deny

HTTP Status-Code 401: Unauthorized.

See Also:

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HTTP_PAYMENT_REQUIRED

public static final int HTTP_PAYMENT_REQUIRED

Suppressed. default deny

HTTP Status-Code 402: Payment Required.

See Also:

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HTTP_FORBIDDEN

public static final int HTTP_FORBIDDEN

Suppressed. default deny

HTTP Status-Code 403: Forbidden.

See Also:

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HTTP_NOT_FOUND

public static final int HTTP_NOT_FOUND

Suppressed. default deny

HTTP Status-Code 404: Not Found.

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HTTP_BAD_METHOD

public static final int HTTP_BAD_METHOD

Suppressed. default deny

HTTP Status-Code 405: Method Not Allowed.

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HTTP_NOT_ACCEPTABLE

public static final int HTTP_NOT_ACCEPTABLE

Suppressed. default deny

HTTP Status-Code 406: Not Acceptable.

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HTTP_PROXY_AUTH

public static final int HTTP_PROXY_AUTH

Suppressed. default deny

HTTP Status-Code 407: Proxy Authentication Required.

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HTTP_CLIENT_TIMEOUT

public static final int HTTP_CLIENT_TIMEOUT

Suppressed. default deny

HTTP Status-Code 408: Request Time-Out.

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HTTP_CONFLICT

public static final int HTTP_CONFLICT

Suppressed. default deny

HTTP Status-Code 409: Conflict.

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HTTP_GONE

public static final int HTTP_GONE

Suppressed. default deny

HTTP Status-Code 410: Gone.

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HTTP_LENGTH_REQUIRED

public static final int HTTP_LENGTH_REQUIRED

Suppressed. default deny

HTTP Status-Code 411: Length Required.

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HTTP_PRECON_FAILED

public static final int HTTP_PRECON_FAILED

Suppressed. default deny

HTTP Status-Code 412: Precondition Failed.

See Also:

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HTTP_ENTITY_TOO_LARGE

public static final int HTTP_ENTITY_TOO_LARGE

Suppressed. default deny

HTTP Status-Code 413: Request Entity Too Large.

See Also:

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HTTP_REQ_TOO_LONG

public static final int HTTP_REQ_TOO_LONG

Suppressed. default deny

HTTP Status-Code 414: Request-URI Too Large.

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HTTP_UNSUPPORTED_TYPE

public static final int HTTP_UNSUPPORTED_TYPE

Suppressed. default deny

HTTP Status-Code 415: Unsupported Media Type.

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HTTP_SERVER_ERROR

@Deprecated
public static final int HTTP_SERVER_ERROR

Deprecated. it is misplaced and shouldn't have existed.

Suppressed. default deny

HTTP Status-Code 500: Internal Server Error.

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HTTP_INTERNAL_ERROR

public static final int HTTP_INTERNAL_ERROR

Suppressed. default deny

HTTP Status-Code 500: Internal Server Error.

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HTTP_NOT_IMPLEMENTED

public static final int HTTP_NOT_IMPLEMENTED

Suppressed. default deny

HTTP Status-Code 501: Not Implemented.

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HTTP_BAD_GATEWAY

public static final int HTTP_BAD_GATEWAY

Suppressed. default deny

HTTP Status-Code 502: Bad Gateway.

See Also:

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HTTP_UNAVAILABLE

public static final int HTTP_UNAVAILABLE

Suppressed. default deny

HTTP Status-Code 503: Service Unavailable.

See Also:

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HTTP_GATEWAY_TIMEOUT

public static final int HTTP_GATEWAY_TIMEOUT

Suppressed. default deny

HTTP Status-Code 504: Gateway Timeout.

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HTTP_VERSION

public static final int HTTP_VERSION

Suppressed. default deny

HTTP Status-Code 505: HTTP Version Not Supported.

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Constructor Detail

HttpURLConnection

protected HttpURLConnection(URL u)

Suppressed. default deny

Constructor for the HttpURLConnection.

Parameters:

u - the URL

Method Detail

getHeaderFieldKey

public String getHeaderFieldKey(int n)

Suppressed. default deny

Returns the key for the n^th header field. Some implementations may treat the 0^th header field as special, i.e. as the status line returned by the HTTP server. In this case, getHeaderField(0) returns the status line, but getHeaderFieldKey(0) returns null.

Overrides:

getHeaderFieldKey in class URLConnection

Parameters:

n - an index, where n >=0.

Returns:

the key for the n^th header field, or null if the key does not exist.

setFixedLengthStreamingMode

public void setFixedLengthStreamingMode(int contentLength)

Suppressed. default deny

This method is used to enable streaming of a HTTP request body without internal buffering, when the content length is known in advance.

An exception will be thrown if the application attempts to write more data than the indicated content-length, or if the application closes the OutputStream before writing the indicated amount.

When output streaming is enabled, authentication and redirection cannot be handled automatically. A HttpRetryException will be thrown when reading the response if authentication or redirection are required. This exception can be queried for the details of the error.

This method must be called before the URLConnection is connected.

NOTE: setFixedLengthStreamingMode(long) is recommended instead of this method as it allows larger content lengths to be set.

Parameters:

contentLength - The number of bytes which will be written to the OutputStream.

Throws:

IllegalStateException - if URLConnection is already connected or if a different streaming mode is already enabled.

IllegalArgumentException - if a content length less than zero is specified.

Since:

1.5

See Also:

setChunkedStreamingMode(int)

setFixedLengthStreamingMode

public void setFixedLengthStreamingMode(long contentLength)

Policy unspecified!

This method is used to enable streaming of a HTTP request body without internal buffering, when the content length is known in advance.

An exception will be thrown if the application attempts to write more data than the indicated content-length, or if the application closes the OutputStream before writing the indicated amount.

When output streaming is enabled, authentication and redirection cannot be handled automatically. A HttpRetryException will be thrown when reading the response if authentication or redirection are required. This exception can be queried for the details of the error.

This method must be called before the URLConnection is connected.

The content length set by invoking this method takes precedence over any value set by setFixedLengthStreamingMode(int).

Parameters:

contentLength - The number of bytes which will be written to the OutputStream.

Throws:

IllegalStateException - if URLConnection is already connected or if a different streaming mode is already enabled.

IllegalArgumentException - if a content length less than zero is specified.

Since:

1.7

setChunkedStreamingMode

public void setChunkedStreamingMode(int chunklen)

Suppressed. default deny

This method is used to enable streaming of a HTTP request body without internal buffering, when the content length is not known in advance. In this mode, chunked transfer encoding is used to send the request body. Note, not all HTTP servers support this mode.

When output streaming is enabled, authentication and redirection cannot be handled automatically. A HttpRetryException will be thrown when reading the response if authentication or redirection are required. This exception can be queried for the details of the error.

This method must be called before the URLConnection is connected.

Parameters:

chunklen - The number of bytes to write in each chunk. If chunklen is less than or equal to zero, a default value will be used.

Throws:

IllegalStateException - if URLConnection is already connected or if a different streaming mode is already enabled.

Since:

1.5

See Also:

setFixedLengthStreamingMode(int)

getHeaderField

public String getHeaderField(int n)

Suppressed. default deny

Returns the value for the n^th header field. Some implementations may treat the 0^th header field as special, i.e. as the status line returned by the HTTP server.

This method can be used in conjunction with the getHeaderFieldKey method to iterate through all the headers in the message.

Overrides:

getHeaderField in class URLConnection

Parameters:

n - an index, where n>=0.

Returns:

the value of the n^th header field, or null if the value does not exist.

See Also:

getHeaderFieldKey(int)

setFollowRedirects

public static void setFollowRedirects(boolean set)

Suppressed. default deny

Sets whether HTTP redirects (requests with response code 3xx) should be automatically followed by this class. True by default. Applets cannot change this variable.

If there is a security manager, this method first calls the security manager's checkSetFactory method to ensure the operation is allowed. This could result in a SecurityException.

Parameters:

set - a boolean indicating whether or not to follow HTTP redirects.

Throws:

SecurityException - if a security manager exists and its checkSetFactory method doesn't allow the operation.

See Also:

SecurityManager.checkSetFactory(), getFollowRedirects()

getFollowRedirects

public static boolean getFollowRedirects()

Suppressed. default deny

Returns a boolean indicating whether or not HTTP redirects (3xx) should be automatically followed.

Returns:

true if HTTP redirects should be automatically followed, false if not.

See Also:

setFollowRedirects(boolean)

setInstanceFollowRedirects

public void setInstanceFollowRedirects(boolean followRedirects)

Suppressed. default deny

Sets whether HTTP redirects (requests with response code 3xx) should be automatically followed by this HttpURLConnection instance.

The default value comes from followRedirects, which defaults to true.

Parameters:

followRedirects - a boolean indicating whether or not to follow HTTP redirects.

Since:

1.3

See Also:

instanceFollowRedirects, getInstanceFollowRedirects()

getInstanceFollowRedirects

public boolean getInstanceFollowRedirects()

Suppressed. default deny

Returns the value of this HttpURLConnection's instanceFollowRedirects field.

Returns:

the value of this HttpURLConnection's instanceFollowRedirects field.

Since:

1.3

See Also:

instanceFollowRedirects, setInstanceFollowRedirects(boolean)

setRequestMethod

public void setRequestMethod(String method)
                      throws ProtocolException

Suppressed. default deny

Set the method for the URL request, one of:

• GET
• POST
• HEAD
• OPTIONS
• PUT
• DELETE
• TRACE

are legal, subject to protocol restrictions. The default method is GET.

Parameters:

method - the HTTP method

Throws:

ProtocolException - if the method cannot be reset or if the requested method isn't valid for HTTP.

See Also:

getRequestMethod()

getRequestMethod

public String getRequestMethod()

Suppressed. default deny

Get the request method.

Returns:

the HTTP request method

See Also:

setRequestMethod(java.lang.String)

getResponseCode

public int getResponseCode()
                    throws IOException

Suppressed. default deny

Gets the status code from an HTTP response message. For example, in the case of the following status lines:

 HTTP/1.0 200 OK
 HTTP/1.0 401 Unauthorized
 

It will return 200 and 401 respectively. Returns -1 if no code can be discerned from the response (i.e., the response is not valid HTTP).

Returns:

the HTTP Status-Code, or -1

Throws:

IOException - if an error occurred connecting to the server.

getResponseMessage

public String getResponseMessage()
                          throws IOException

Suppressed. default deny

Gets the HTTP response message, if any, returned along with the response code from a server. From responses like:

 HTTP/1.0 200 OK
 HTTP/1.0 404 Not Found
 

Extracts the Strings "OK" and "Not Found" respectively. Returns null if none could be discerned from the responses (the result was not valid HTTP).

Returns:

the HTTP response message, or null

Throws:

IOException - if an error occurred connecting to the server.

getHeaderFieldDate

public long getHeaderFieldDate(String name,
                               long Default)

Suppressed. default deny

Description copied from class: URLConnection

Returns the value of the named field parsed as date. The result is the number of milliseconds since January 1, 1970 GMT represented by the named field.

This form of getHeaderField exists because some connection types (e.g., http-ng) have pre-parsed headers. Classes for that connection type can override this method and short-circuit the parsing.

Overrides:

getHeaderFieldDate in class URLConnection

Parameters:

name - the name of the header field.

Default - a default value.

Returns:

the value of the field, parsed as a date. The value of the Default argument is returned if the field is missing or malformed.

disconnect

public abstract void disconnect()

Suppressed. default deny

Indicates that other requests to the server are unlikely in the near future. Calling disconnect() should not imply that this HttpURLConnection instance can be reused for other requests.

usingProxy

public abstract boolean usingProxy()

Suppressed. default deny

Indicates if the connection is going through a proxy.

Returns:

a boolean indicating if the connection is using a proxy.

getPermission

public Permission getPermission()
                         throws IOException

Suppressed. default deny

Returns a SocketPermission object representing the permission necessary to connect to the destination host and port.

Overrides:

getPermission in class URLConnection

Returns:

a SocketPermission object representing the permission necessary to connect to the destination host and port.

Throws:

IOException - if an error occurs while computing the permission.

getErrorStream

public InputStream getErrorStream()

Suppressed. default deny

Returns the error stream if the connection failed but the server sent useful data nonetheless. The typical example is when an HTTP server responds with a 404, which will cause a FileNotFoundException to be thrown in connect, but the server sent an HTML help page with suggestions as to what to do.

This method will not cause a connection to be initiated. If the connection was not connected, or if the server did not have an error while connecting or if the server had an error but no error data was sent, this method will return null. This is the default.

Returns:

an error stream if any, null if there have been no errors, the connection is not connected or the server sent no useful data.