Package htsjdk.tribble.util

Class HTTPHelper

java.lang.Object
htsjdk.tribble.util.HTTPHelper
All Implemented Interfaces:
URLHelper
public class HTTPHelper extends Object implements URLHelper
Simple implementation of URLHelper based on the JDK URL and HttpURLConnection classes. This version optionally takes a proxy, but does not support authentication.

  • Constructor Details

    • HTTPHelper

      public HTTPHelper(URL url)

  • Method Details

    • setProxy

      public static void setProxy(Proxy p)

    • getUrl

      public URL getUrl()
      Specified by:
      getUrl in interface URLHelper
      Returns:
      URL of the associated resource

    • getContentLength

      public long getContentLength() throws IOException
      Specified by:
      getContentLength in interface URLHelper
      Returns:
      content length of the resource, or -1 if not available
      Throws:
      IOException

    • openInputStream

      public InputStream openInputStream() throws IOException
      Description copied from interface: URLHelper
      Open an InputStream to stream the contents of the resource
      Specified by:
      openInputStream in interface URLHelper
      Returns:
      Throws:
      IOException

    • openInputStreamForRange

      public InputStream openInputStreamForRange(long start, long end) throws IOException
      Open an InputStream to stream a slice (range) of the resource. The host server must support range byte requests and return a 206 response code (partial response). If it does not an IOException will be thrown. Its the client's responsibility to close the stream.
      Specified by:
      openInputStreamForRange in interface URLHelper
      Parameters:
      start - start of range in bytes
      end - end of range ni bytes
      Returns:
      Throws:
      IOException

    • exists

      public boolean exists() throws IOException
      Specified by:
      exists in interface URLHelper
      Throws:
      IOException