org.apache.droids.protocol
Class HttpBase

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.droids.helper.Loggable
      org.apache.droids.protocol.HttpBase

Direct Known Subclasses:

Http

public class HttpBase
extends Loggable

Helper class that provides basic methods like returning the agent string and content type. Further can be used to prepare the connection.

Field Summary

protected String	from
protected String	refer
protected int	timeout
protected String	userAgent

Fields inherited from class org.apache.droids.helper.Loggable

log

Constructor Summary

HttpBase()

Method Summary

String	getContentType(String url) Will analyze and return the content type of the given url.
String	getFrom() Returns the eMail address of the bot.
String	getRefer() Return the refer URI where the bot is send from.
int	getTimeout() Get the timeout we want for the connection.
String	getUserAgent() Get the name of our UserAgent
protected HttpURLConnection	prepareConnection(URL source) Will prepare a HttpURLConnection with the userAgent, from, the refer and the timeout
void	setFrom(String from) Set the eMail address of the bot.
void	setRefer(String refer) Set the refer URI where the bot is send from.
void	setTimeout(int timeout) Set the timeout we want for the connection.
void	setUserAgent(String userAgent) Set the name of our UserAgent

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

userAgent

protected String userAgent

timeout

protected int timeout

from

protected String from

refer

protected String refer

Constructor Detail

HttpBase

public HttpBase()

Method Detail

getContentType

public String getContentType(String url)

Will analyze and return the content type of the given url. Will actually open the connection and close it again.

Parameters:

url - the url to determine the content type from.

Returns:

the content type or null if we could not determine it.

prepareConnection

protected HttpURLConnection prepareConnection(URL source)
                                       throws IOException

Will prepare a HttpURLConnection with the userAgent, from, the refer and the timeout

Parameters:

source - the url to reach

Returns:

an opened HttpURLConnection
Make sure you close the connection afterwards again.

Throws:

IOException

getUserAgent

public String getUserAgent()

Get the name of our UserAgent

Returns:

the name of our UserAgent

setUserAgent

public void setUserAgent(String userAgent)

Set the name of our UserAgent

Parameters:

userAgent - the name of our UserAgent

getTimeout

public int getTimeout()

Get the timeout we want for the connection.

Returns:

the timeout we want for the connection.

setTimeout

public void setTimeout(int timeout)

Set the timeout we want for the connection.

Parameters:

timeout - the timeout we want for the connection.

getFrom

public String getFrom()

Returns the eMail address of the bot.

Returns:

eMail address of the bot.

setFrom

public void setFrom(String from)

Set the eMail address of the bot.

Parameters:

from - the eMail address of the bot.

getRefer

public String getRefer()

Return the refer URI where the bot is send from.

Returns:

the refer URI where the bot is send from.

setRefer

public void setRefer(String refer)

Set the refer URI where the bot is send from.

Parameters:

refer - the refer URI where the bot is send from. the refer URI where the bot is send from.