org.problets.lib.comm
Class HttpCommunicator

java.lang.Object
  org.problets.lib.comm.HttpCommunicator

Direct Known Subclasses:

UPittCommunicator

public class HttpCommunicator
extends java.lang.Object

Communicates using http protocol

Author:

Amruth Kumar, adapted from com.oreilly.servlet package written by Jason Hunter

Constructor Summary

HttpCommunicator(java.lang.String inBaseUrlString)

HttpCommunicator(java.net.URL inBaseUrl)

Method Summary

void	disable() Disable the communicator so that it does not update the server
void	enable() Enable the communicator so that it does update the server
java.io.BufferedReader	get(java.lang.String learnObj, boolean result) Uses get() method to send data to the UM server - to be implemented by all inheriting classes
static void	main(java.lang.String[] args)
java.io.BufferedReader	post(java.lang.String learnObj, boolean result) Uses post() method to send data to the UM server - to be implemented by all inheriting classes
java.io.InputStream	sendGetMessage() Issues a GET request with no query string.
java.io.InputStream	sendGetMessage(java.util.Properties args) Issues a GET request with query string.
java.io.InputStream	sendPostMessage() Issues a POST request with no query string
java.io.InputStream	sendPostMessage(java.util.Properties args) Issues a POST request.
java.io.InputStream	sendPostMessage(java.io.Serializable obj)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

HttpCommunicator

public HttpCommunicator(java.lang.String inBaseUrlString)

HttpCommunicator

public HttpCommunicator(java.net.URL inBaseUrl)

Method Detail

sendGetMessage

public java.io.InputStream sendGetMessage()
                                   throws java.io.IOException

Issues a GET request with no query string.

Throws:

java.io.IOException

sendGetMessage

public java.io.InputStream sendGetMessage(java.util.Properties args)
                                   throws java.io.IOException

Issues a GET request with query string. Builds a query string from the supplied Properties list.

Throws:

java.io.IOException

sendPostMessage

public java.io.InputStream sendPostMessage()
                                    throws java.io.IOException

Issues a POST request with no query string

Throws:

java.io.IOException

sendPostMessage

public java.io.InputStream sendPostMessage(java.util.Properties args)
                                    throws java.io.IOException

Issues a POST request. Builds post data from the supplied Properties list.

Throws:

java.io.IOException

sendPostMessage

public java.io.InputStream sendPostMessage(java.io.Serializable obj)
                                    throws java.io.IOException

Throws:

java.io.IOException

disable

public void disable()

Disable the communicator so that it does not update the server

enable

public void enable()

Enable the communicator so that it does update the server

get

public java.io.BufferedReader get(java.lang.String learnObj,
                                  boolean result)

Uses get() method to send data to the UM server - to be implemented by all inheriting classes

post

public java.io.BufferedReader post(java.lang.String learnObj,
                                   boolean result)

Uses post() method to send data to the UM server - to be implemented by all inheriting classes

main

public static void main(java.lang.String[] args)