Class HttpClient

java.lang.Object
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  +--NetworkClient
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        +--HttpClient

public class HttpClient

extends NetworkClient

The underlying network client used by WebClient.

Taken from Core Servlets and JavaServer Pages from Prentice Hall and Sun Microsystems Press, http://www.coreservlets.com/. © 2000 Marty Hall; may be freely used or adapted.

Fields inherited from class NetworkClient

host, port

Constructor Summary

HttpClient(String host, int port, String requestLine, String[] requestHeaders, TextArea outputArea, Interruptible app)

Method Summary

protected void

handleConnection(Socket uriSocket) This is the method you will override when making a network client for your task.

Methods inherited from class NetworkClient

connect, getHost, getPort

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

HttpClient

public HttpClient(String host,
                  int port,
                  String requestLine,
                  String[] requestHeaders,
                  TextArea outputArea,
                  Interruptible app)

Method Detail

handleConnection

protected void handleConnection(Socket uriSocket)
                         throws IOException

Description copied from class: NetworkClient

This is the method you will override when making a network client for your task. The default version sends a single line ("Generic Network Client") to the server, reads one line of response, prints it, then exits.

Overrides:

handleConnection in class NetworkClient