org.rhq.plugins.www.util

Class WWWUtils

java.lang.Object

org.rhq.plugins.www.util.WWWUtils

public class WWWUtils
extends Object

Helper class that contains methods that send HTTP requests and evaluate results.

Author:

Ian Springer

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static AvailabilityResult	checkAvailability(URL httpURL, int timeout) Checks availability of the httpURL.
static String	getServerHeader(URL httpURL) Get the content of the 'Server' header.
static boolean	isAvailable(URL httpURL, int timeout) Deprecated. as of RHQ 4.10. Use checkAvailability(java.net.URL, int) instead.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

isAvailable

@Deprecated
public static boolean isAvailable(URL httpURL,
                             int timeout)

Deprecated. as of RHQ 4.10. Use checkAvailability(java.net.URL, int) instead.

Sends a HEAD request to the passed URL and returns true if the URL was reachable.

Parameters:

httpURL - a http or https URL to check

timeout - timeout, in milliseconds

Returns:

true if connecting to the URL succeeds, or false otherwise

checkAvailability

public static AvailabilityResult checkAvailability(URL httpURL,
                                   int timeout)

Checks availability of the httpURL. Will first try with HEAD request and fallback to GET.

Parameters:

httpURL - a http or https URL to check

timeout - timeout, in milliseconds

Returns:

an AvailabilityResult

getServerHeader

public static String getServerHeader(URL httpURL)

Get the content of the 'Server' header.

Parameters:

httpURL - a http or https URL to get the header from

Returns:

the contents of the header or null if anything went wrong or the field was not present.