Package org.apache.commons.httpclient

Class HttpConnection

java.lang.Object
org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpConnection
@Deprecated public class HttpConnection extends Object
Deprecated.
Jakarta Commons HttpClient 3.x is deprecated in the Jenkins project. It is not recommended to use it in any new code. Instead, use HTTP client API plugins as a dependency in your code. E.g. Apache HttpComponents Client API 4.x Plugin or Async HTTP Client Plugin.
An abstraction of an HTTP InputStream and OutputStream pair, together with the relevant attributes.

The following options are set on the socket before getting the input/output streams in the open() method:

Socket Method Sockets Option Configuration
Socket.setTcpNoDelay(boolean) SO_NODELAY HttpConnectionParams.setTcpNoDelay(boolean)
Socket.setSoTimeout(int) SO_TIMEOUT HttpConnectionParams.setSoTimeout(int)
Socket.setSendBufferSize(int) SO_SNDBUF HttpConnectionParams.setSendBufferSize(int)
Socket.setReceiveBufferSize(int) SO_RCVBUF HttpConnectionParams.setReceiveBufferSize(int)

  • Constructor Details

    • HttpConnection

      public HttpConnection(String host, int port)
      Deprecated.
      Creates a new HTTP connection for the given host and port.
      Parameters:
      host - the host to connect to
      port - the port to connect to

    • HttpConnection

      public HttpConnection(String host, int port, Protocol protocol)
      Deprecated.
      Creates a new HTTP connection for the given host and port using the given protocol.
      Parameters:
      host - the host to connect to
      port - the port to connect to
      protocol - the protocol to use

    • HttpConnection

      public HttpConnection(String host, String virtualHost, int port, Protocol protocol)
      Deprecated.
      Creates a new HTTP connection for the given host with the virtual alias and port using given protocol.
      Parameters:
      host - the host to connect to
      virtualHost - the virtual host requests will be sent to
      port - the port to connect to
      protocol - the protocol to use

    • HttpConnection

      public HttpConnection(String proxyHost, int proxyPort, String host, int port)
      Deprecated.
      Creates a new HTTP connection for the given host and port via the given proxy host and port using the default protocol.
      Parameters:
      proxyHost - the host to proxy via
      proxyPort - the port to proxy via
      host - the host to connect to
      port - the port to connect to

    • HttpConnection

      public HttpConnection(HostConfiguration hostConfiguration)
      Deprecated.
      Creates a new HTTP connection for the given host configuration.
      Parameters:
      hostConfiguration - the host/proxy/protocol to use

    • HttpConnection

      public HttpConnection(String proxyHost, int proxyPort, String host, String virtualHost, int port, Protocol protocol)
      Deprecated.
      use #HttpConnection(String, int, String, int, Protocol)
      Creates a new HTTP connection for the given host with the virtual alias and port via the given proxy host and port using the given protocol.
      Parameters:
      proxyHost - the host to proxy via
      proxyPort - the port to proxy via
      host - the host to connect to. Parameter value must be non-null.
      virtualHost - No longer applicable.
      port - the port to connect to
      protocol - The protocol to use. Parameter value must be non-null.

    • HttpConnection

      public HttpConnection(String proxyHost, int proxyPort, String host, int port, Protocol protocol)
      Deprecated.
      Creates a new HTTP connection for the given host with the virtual alias and port via the given proxy host and port using the given protocol.
      Parameters:
      proxyHost - the host to proxy via
      proxyPort - the port to proxy via
      host - the host to connect to. Parameter value must be non-null.
      port - the port to connect to
      protocol - The protocol to use. Parameter value must be non-null.

  • Method Details

    • getHost

      public String getHost()
      Deprecated.
      Returns the host.
      Returns:
      the host.

    • setHost

      public void setHost(String host) throws IllegalStateException
      Deprecated.
      Sets the host to connect to.
      Parameters:
      host - the host to connect to. Parameter value must be non-null.
      Throws:
      IllegalStateException - if the connection is already open

    • getVirtualHost

      public String getVirtualHost()
      Deprecated.
      no longer applicable
      Returns the target virtual host.
      Returns:
      the virtual host.

    • setVirtualHost

      public void setVirtualHost(String host) throws IllegalStateException
      Deprecated.
      no longer applicable
      Sets the virtual host to target.
      Parameters:
      host - the virtual host name that should be used instead of physical host name when sending HTTP requests. Virtual host name can be set to null if virtual host name is not to be used
      Throws:
      IllegalStateException - if the connection is already open

    • getPort

      public int getPort()
      Deprecated.
      Returns the port of the host. If the port is -1 (or less than 0) the default port for the current protocol is returned.
      Returns:
      the port.

    • setPort

      public void setPort(int port) throws IllegalStateException
      Deprecated.
      Sets the port to connect to.
      Parameters:
      port - the port to connect to
      Throws:
      IllegalStateException - if the connection is already open

    • getProxyHost

      public String getProxyHost()
      Deprecated.
      Returns the proxy host.
      Returns:
      the proxy host.

    • setProxyHost

      public void setProxyHost(String host) throws IllegalStateException
      Deprecated.
      Sets the host to proxy through.
      Parameters:
      host - the host to proxy through.
      Throws:
      IllegalStateException - if the connection is already open

    • getProxyPort

      public int getProxyPort()
      Deprecated.
      Returns the port of the proxy host.
      Returns:
      the proxy port.

    • setProxyPort

      public void setProxyPort(int port) throws IllegalStateException
      Deprecated.
      Sets the port of the host to proxy through.
      Parameters:
      port - the port of the host to proxy through.
      Throws:
      IllegalStateException - if the connection is already open

    • isSecure

      public boolean isSecure()
      Deprecated.
      Returns true if the connection is established over a secure protocol.
      Returns:
      true if connected over a secure protocol.

    • getProtocol

      public Protocol getProtocol()
      Deprecated.
      Returns the protocol used to establish the connection.
      Returns:
      The protocol

    • setProtocol

      public void setProtocol(Protocol protocol)
      Deprecated.
      Sets the protocol used to establish the connection
      Parameters:
      protocol - The protocol to use.
      Throws:
      IllegalStateException - if the connection is already open

    • getLocalAddress

      public InetAddress getLocalAddress()
      Deprecated.
      Return the local address used when creating the connection. If null, the default address is used.
      Returns:
      InetAddress the local address to be used when creating Sockets

    • setLocalAddress

      public void setLocalAddress(InetAddress localAddress)
      Deprecated.
      Set the local address used when creating the connection. If unset or null, the default address is used.
      Parameters:
      localAddress - the local address to use

    • isOpen

      public boolean isOpen()
      Deprecated.
      Tests if the connection is open.
      Returns:
      true if the connection is open

    • closeIfStale

      public boolean closeIfStale() throws IOException
      Deprecated.
      Closes the connection if stale.
      Returns:
      true if the connection was stale and therefore closed, false otherwise.
      Throws:
      IOException
      Since:
      3.0
      See Also:
      • isStale()

    • isStaleCheckingEnabled

      public boolean isStaleCheckingEnabled()
      Deprecated.
      Use HttpConnectionParams.isStaleCheckingEnabled(), getParams().
      Tests if stale checking is enabled.
      Returns:
      true if enabled
      See Also:
      • isStale()

    • setStaleCheckingEnabled

      public void setStaleCheckingEnabled(boolean staleCheckEnabled)
      Deprecated.
      Use HttpConnectionParams.setStaleCheckingEnabled(boolean), getParams().
      Sets whether or not isStale() will be called when testing if this connection is open.

      Setting this flag to false will increase performance when reusing connections, but it will also make them less reliable. Stale checking ensures that connections are viable before they are used. When set to false some method executions will result in IOExceptions and they will have to be retried.

      Parameters:
      staleCheckEnabled - true to enable isStale()
      See Also:

    • isProxied

      public boolean isProxied()
      Deprecated.
      Returns true if the connection is established via a proxy, false otherwise.
      Returns:
      true if a proxy is used to establish the connection, false otherwise.

    • setLastResponseInputStream

      public void setLastResponseInputStream(InputStream inStream)
      Deprecated.
      Set the state to keep track of the last response for the last request.

      The connection managers use this to ensure that previous requests are properly closed before a new request is attempted. That way, a GET request need not be read in its entirety before a new request is issued. Instead, this stream can be closed as appropriate.

      Parameters:
      inStream - The stream associated with an HttpMethod.

    • getLastResponseInputStream

      public InputStream getLastResponseInputStream()
      Deprecated.
      Returns the stream used to read the last response's body.

      Clients will generally not need to call this function unless using HttpConnection directly, instead of calling HttpClient.executeMethod(org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpMethod). For those clients, call this function, and if it returns a non-null stream, close the stream before attempting to execute a method. Note that calling "close" on the stream returned by this function may close the connection if the previous response contained a "Connection: close" header.

      Returns:
      An InputStream corresponding to the body of the last response.

    • getParams

      public HttpConnectionParams getParams()
      Deprecated.
      Returns HTTP protocol parameters associated with this method.
      Returns:
      HTTP parameters.
      Since:
      3.0

    • setParams

      public void setParams(HttpConnectionParams params)
      Deprecated.
      Assigns HTTP protocol parameters for this method.
      Since:
      3.0
      See Also:

    • setSoTimeout

      public void setSoTimeout(int timeout) throws SocketException, IllegalStateException
      Deprecated.
      Use HttpConnectionParams.setSoTimeout(int), getParams().
      Set the Socket's timeout, via Socket.setSoTimeout(int). If the connection is already open, the SO_TIMEOUT is changed. If no connection is open, then subsequent connections will use the timeout value.

      Note: This is not a connection timeout but a timeout on network traffic!

      Parameters:
      timeout - the timeout value
      Throws:
      SocketException - - if there is an error in the underlying protocol, such as a TCP error.
      IllegalStateException

    • setSocketTimeout

      public void setSocketTimeout(int timeout) throws SocketException, IllegalStateException
      Deprecated.
      Sets SO_TIMEOUT value directly on the underlying socket. This method does not change the default read timeout value set via HttpConnectionParams.
      Parameters:
      timeout - the timeout value
      Throws:
      SocketException - - if there is an error in the underlying protocol, such as a TCP error.
      IllegalStateException - if not connected
      Since:
      3.0

    • getSoTimeout

      public int getSoTimeout() throws SocketException
      Deprecated.
      Use HttpConnectionParams.getSoTimeout(), getParams().
      Returns the Socket's timeout, via Socket.getSoTimeout(), if the connection is already open. If no connection is open, return the value subsequent connection will use.

      Note: This is not a connection timeout but a timeout on network traffic!

      Returns:
      the timeout value
      Throws:
      SocketException

    • setConnectionTimeout

      public void setConnectionTimeout(int timeout)
      Deprecated.
      Use HttpConnectionParams.setConnectionTimeout(int), getParams().
      Sets the connection timeout. This is the maximum time that may be spent until a connection is established. The connection will fail after this amount of time.
      Parameters:
      timeout - The timeout in milliseconds. 0 means timeout is not used.

    • open

      public void open() throws IOException
      Deprecated.
      Establishes a connection to the specified host and port (via a proxy if specified). The underlying socket is created from the ProtocolSocketFactory.
      Throws:
      IOException - if an attempt to establish the connection results in an I/O error.

    • tunnelCreated

      public void tunnelCreated() throws IllegalStateException, IOException
      Deprecated.
      Instructs the proxy to establish a secure tunnel to the host. The socket will be switched to the secure socket. Subsequent communication is done via the secure socket. The method can only be called once on a proxied secure connection.
      Throws:
      IllegalStateException - if connection is not secure and proxied or if the socket is already secure.
      IOException - if an attempt to establish the secure tunnel results in an I/O error.

    • isTransparent

      public boolean isTransparent()
      Deprecated.
      Indicates if the connection is completely transparent from end to end.
      Returns:
      true if conncetion is not proxied or tunneled through a transparent proxy; false otherwise.

    • flushRequestOutputStream

      public void flushRequestOutputStream() throws IOException
      Deprecated.
      Flushes the output request stream. This method should be called to ensure that data written to the request OutputStream is sent to the server.
      Throws:
      IOException - if an I/O problem occurs

    • getRequestOutputStream

      public OutputStream getRequestOutputStream() throws IOException, IllegalStateException
      Deprecated.
      Returns an OutputStream suitable for writing the request.
      Returns:
      a stream to write the request to
      Throws:
      IllegalStateException - if the connection is not open
      IOException - if an I/O problem occurs

    • getResponseInputStream

      public InputStream getResponseInputStream() throws IOException, IllegalStateException
      Deprecated.
      Return a InputStream suitable for reading the response.
      Returns:
      InputStream The response input stream.
      Throws:
      IOException - If an IO problem occurs
      IllegalStateException - If the connection isn't open.

    • isResponseAvailable

      public boolean isResponseAvailable() throws IOException
      Deprecated.
      Tests if input data avaialble. This method returns immediately and does not perform any read operations on the input socket
      Returns:
      boolean true if input data is available, false otherwise.
      Throws:
      IOException - If an IO problem occurs
      IllegalStateException - If the connection isn't open.

    • isResponseAvailable

      public boolean isResponseAvailable(int timeout) throws IOException
      Deprecated.
      Tests if input data becomes available within the given period time in milliseconds.
      Parameters:
      timeout - The number milliseconds to wait for input data to become available
      Returns:
      boolean true if input data is availble, false otherwise.
      Throws:
      IOException - If an IO problem occurs
      IllegalStateException - If the connection isn't open.

    • write

      public void write(byte[] data) throws IOException, IllegalStateException
      Deprecated.
      Writes the specified bytes to the output stream.
      Parameters:
      data - the data to be written
      Throws:
      IllegalStateException - if not connected
      IOException - if an I/O problem occurs
      See Also:

    • write

      public void write(byte[] data, int offset, int length) throws IOException, IllegalStateException
      Deprecated.
      Writes length bytes in data starting at offset to the output stream. The general contract for write(b, off, len) is that some of the bytes in the array b are written to the output stream in order; element b[off] is the first byte written and b[off+len-1] is the last byte written by this operation.
      Parameters:
      data - array containing the data to be written.
      offset - the start offset in the data.
      length - the number of bytes to write.
      Throws:
      IllegalStateException - if not connected
      IOException - if an I/O problem occurs

    • writeLine

      public void writeLine(byte[] data) throws IOException, IllegalStateException
      Deprecated.
      Writes the specified bytes, followed by "\r\n".getBytes() to the output stream.
      Parameters:
      data - the bytes to be written
      Throws:
      IllegalStateException - if the connection is not open
      IOException - if an I/O problem occurs

    • writeLine

      public void writeLine() throws IOException, IllegalStateException
      Deprecated.
      Writes "\r\n".getBytes() to the output stream.
      Throws:
      IllegalStateException - if the connection is not open
      IOException - if an I/O problem occurs

    • print

      public void print(String data) throws IOException, IllegalStateException
      Deprecated.
      Use print(String, String) Writes the specified String (as bytes) to the output stream.
      Parameters:
      data - the string to be written
      Throws:
      IllegalStateException - if the connection is not open
      IOException - if an I/O problem occurs

    • print

      public void print(String data, String charset) throws IOException, IllegalStateException
      Deprecated.
      Writes the specified String (as bytes) to the output stream.
      Parameters:
      data - the string to be written
      charset - the charset to use for writing the data
      Throws:
      IllegalStateException - if the connection is not open
      IOException - if an I/O problem occurs
      Since:
      3.0

    • printLine

      public void printLine(String data) throws IOException, IllegalStateException
      Deprecated.
      Use printLine(String, String) Writes the specified String (as bytes), followed by "\r\n".getBytes() to the output stream.
      Parameters:
      data - the data to be written
      Throws:
      IllegalStateException - if the connection is not open
      IOException - if an I/O problem occurs

    • printLine

      public void printLine(String data, String charset) throws IOException, IllegalStateException
      Deprecated.
      Writes the specified String (as bytes), followed by "\r\n".getBytes() to the output stream.
      Parameters:
      data - the data to be written
      charset - the charset to use for writing the data
      Throws:
      IllegalStateException - if the connection is not open
      IOException - if an I/O problem occurs
      Since:
      3.0

    • printLine

      public void printLine() throws IOException, IllegalStateException
      Deprecated.
      Writes "\r\n".getBytes() to the output stream.
      Throws:
      IllegalStateException - if the connection is not open
      IOException - if an I/O problem occurs

    • readLine

      public String readLine() throws IOException, IllegalStateException
      Deprecated.
      use #readLine(String)
      Reads up to "\n" from the (unchunked) input stream. If the stream ends before the line terminator is found, the last part of the string will still be returned.
      Returns:
      a line from the response
      Throws:
      IllegalStateException - if the connection is not open
      IOException - if an I/O problem occurs

    • readLine

      public String readLine(String charset) throws IOException, IllegalStateException
      Deprecated.
      Reads up to "\n" from the (unchunked) input stream. If the stream ends before the line terminator is found, the last part of the string will still be returned.
      Parameters:
      charset - the charset to use for reading the data
      Returns:
      a line from the response
      Throws:
      IllegalStateException - if the connection is not open
      IOException - if an I/O problem occurs
      Since:
      3.0

    • shutdownOutput

      public void shutdownOutput()
      Deprecated.
      unused
      Attempts to shutdown the Socket's output, via Socket.shutdownOutput() when running on JVM 1.3 or higher.

    • close

      public void close()
      Deprecated.
      Closes the socket and streams.

    • getHttpConnectionManager

      public HttpConnectionManager getHttpConnectionManager()
      Deprecated.
      Returns the httpConnectionManager.
      Returns:
      HttpConnectionManager

    • setHttpConnectionManager

      public void setHttpConnectionManager(HttpConnectionManager httpConnectionManager)
      Deprecated.
      Sets the httpConnectionManager.
      Parameters:
      httpConnectionManager - The httpConnectionManager to set

    • releaseConnection

      public void releaseConnection()
      Deprecated.
      Releases the connection. If the connection is locked or does not have a connection manager associated with it, this method has no effect. Note that it is completely safe to call this method multiple times.

    • getSendBufferSize

      public int getSendBufferSize() throws SocketException
      Deprecated.
      Gets the socket's sendBufferSize.
      Returns:
      the size of the buffer for the socket OutputStream, -1 if the value has not been set and the socket has not been opened
      Throws:
      SocketException - if an error occurs while getting the socket value
      See Also:

    • setSendBufferSize

      public void setSendBufferSize(int sendBufferSize) throws SocketException
      Deprecated.
      Use HttpConnectionParams.setSendBufferSize(int), getParams().
      Sets the socket's sendBufferSize.
      Parameters:
      sendBufferSize - the size to set for the socket OutputStream
      Throws:
      SocketException - if an error occurs while setting the socket value
      See Also: