Package org.biojava.nbio.structure.align.util

Class HTTPConnectionTools

java.lang.Object
org.biojava.nbio.structure.align.util.HTTPConnectionTools
public class HTTPConnectionTools extends Object
a class that takes care about opening HttpURLConnections and sets the proper timeouts
Since:
9:58:25 AM
Version:
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Author:
Andreas Prlic

  • Field Details

  • Constructor Details

    • HTTPConnectionTools

      public HTTPConnectionTools()

  • Method Details

    • openHttpURLConnection

      public static HttpURLConnection openHttpURLConnection(URL url, int timeout) throws IOException, ConnectException
      open HttpURLConnection. Recommended way to open HttpURLConnections, since this take care of setting timeouts properly for java 1.4 and 1.5
      Parameters:
      url - URL to oopen
      timeout - timeout in milli seconds
      Returns:
      a HttpURLConnection
      Throws:
      IOException
      ConnectException

    • openHttpURLConnection

      public static HttpURLConnection openHttpURLConnection(URL url) throws IOException, ConnectException
      open HttpURLConnection. Recommended way to open HttpURLConnections, since this take care of setting timeouts properly for java 1.4 and 1.5 uses the DEFAULT_CONNECTION_TIMEOUT (= 15 seconds)
      Parameters:
      url - a URL to open a http connection to
      Returns:
      HttpURLConnect the opened connection
      Throws:
      IOException
      ConnectException

    • getInputStream

      public static InputStream getInputStream(URL url, int timeout) throws IOException
      connect to DAS server and return result as an InputStream. always asks for response to be in GZIP encoded
      Parameters:
      url - the URL to connect to
      timeout - the timeout for the connection
      Returns:
      an InputStream
      Throws:
      IOException
      DASException - if DAS server returns error response code

    • getInputStream

      public static InputStream getInputStream(URL url) throws IOException
      connect to DAS server and return result as an InputStream. always asks for response to be in GZIP encoded
      Parameters:
      url - the URL to connect to
      Returns:
      an InputStream
      Throws:
      IOException
      DASException - if DAS server returns error response code

    • getInputStream

      public static InputStream getInputStream(URL url, boolean acceptGzipEncoding, int timeout) throws IOException
      open a URL and return an InputStream to it if acceptGzipEncoding == true, use GZIPEncoding to compress communication
      Parameters:
      url -
      acceptGzipEncoding -
      Returns:
      an InputStream to the URL
      Throws:
      IOException
      DASException - if DAS server returns error response code

    • doPOST

      public static InputStream doPOST(URL url, String data) throws IOException
      do a POST to a URL and return the response stream for further processing elsewhere.
      Parameters:
      url -
      Returns:
      InputStream of response
      Throws:
      IOException

    • doPOST

      public static InputStream doPOST(URL url, String data, int timeout) throws IOException
      do a POST to a URL and return the response stream for further processing elsewhere.
      Parameters:
      url -
      Returns:
      InputStream of response
      Throws:
      IOException