Package org.broadinstitute.http.nio.utils

Class HttpUtils

java.lang.Object

org.broadinstitute.http.nio.utils.HttpUtils

public final class HttpUtils
extends Object

Utility class for working with HTTP/S connections and URLs.

Includes also constants for HTTP/S.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static final Charset	HTTP_PATH_CHARSET	Charset for path component of HTTP/S URL.
static final char	HTTP_PATH_SEPARATOR_CHAR	Separator char for path component of HTTP/S URL.
static final String	HTTP_PATH_SEPARATOR_STRING	Separator String for path component of HTTP/S URL.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor	Description
private	HttpUtils()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static boolean	exists(URI uri, HttpFileSystemProviderSettings settings)	Check if an URI exists.
static HttpClient	getClient(HttpFileSystemProviderSettings settings)	Get an HttpClient built wth appropriate settings.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Details

HTTP_PATH_SEPARATOR_STRING

public static final String HTTP_PATH_SEPARATOR_STRING

Separator String for path component of HTTP/S URL.

See Also:

• Constant Field Values

HTTP_PATH_SEPARATOR_CHAR

public static final char HTTP_PATH_SEPARATOR_CHAR

Separator char for path component of HTTP/S URL.

See Also:

• Constant Field Values

HTTP_PATH_CHARSET

public static final Charset HTTP_PATH_CHARSET

Charset for path component of HTTP/S URL.

Constructor Details

HttpUtils

private HttpUtils()

Method Details

exists

public static boolean exists(URI uri,
 HttpFileSystemProviderSettings settings)
                      throws IOException

Check if an URI exists.

A URI exists if the response code is 200 or 206 It does not exist of the response is 404 or an UnresolvedAddressException is thrown

Parameters:

uri - URI to test for existance.

settings - the settings to use to build the http connections

Returns:

true if the URL exists; false otherwise.

Throws:

IOException - if an I/O error occurs.

AccessDeniedException - on http 401, 403, 407

getClient

public static HttpClient getClient(HttpFileSystemProviderSettings settings)

Get an HttpClient built wth appropriate settings.

Parameters:

settings - the settings to use for the client

Returns:

a new HttpClient