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## org.apache.commons.httpclient
Class HttpClient

    java.lang.Object
      org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpClient

    public class HttpClient

extends Object

An HTTP "user-agent", containing an `HTTP state` and one or more `HTTP connections`, to which `HTTP methods` can be applied.

Version:
  $Revision: 509577 $ $Date: 2007-02-20 15:28:18 +0100 (Tue, 20 Feb 2007) $
Author:
  Remy Maucherat, Rodney Waldhoff, Sean C. Sullivan, dIon Gillard, Ortwin Gl?ck, Michael Becke, Mike Bowler, Sam Maloney, Laura Werner, Oleg Kalnichevski

Constructor Summary
`HttpClient()` Creates an instance of HttpClient using default `parameter set`.
`HttpClient(HttpClientParams params)` Creates an instance of HttpClient using the given `parameter set`.
`HttpClient(HttpClientParams params, HttpConnectionManager httpConnectionManager)` Creates an instance of HttpClient with a user specified `parameter set` and `HTTP connection manager`.
`HttpClient(HttpConnectionManager httpConnectionManager)` Creates an instance of HttpClient with a user specified `HTTP connection manager`.

Method Summary
`int` | `executeMethod(HostConfiguration hostConfiguration, HttpMethod method)` Executes the given `HTTP method` using custom `host configuration`.
`int` | `executeMethod(HostConfiguration hostconfig, HttpMethod method, HttpState state)` Executes the given `HTTP method` using the given custom `host configuration` with the given custom `HTTP state`.
`int` | `executeMethod(HttpMethod method)` Executes the given `HTTP method`.
`String` | `getHost()` Deprecated. use #getHostConfiguration()
`HostConfiguration` | `getHostConfiguration()` Returns the `host configuration` associated with the HttpClient.
`HttpConnectionManager` | `getHttpConnectionManager()` Returns the `HTTP connection manager` associated with the HttpClient.
`HttpClientParams` | `getParams()` Returns `HTTP protocol parameters` associated with this HttpClient.
`int` | `getPort()` Deprecated. use #getHostConfiguration()
`HttpState` | `getState()` Returns `HTTP state` associated with the HttpClient.
`boolean` | `isStrictMode()` Deprecated. Use `DefaultHttpParams.getParameter(String)` to exercise a more granular control over HTTP protocol strictness.
`void` | `setConnectionTimeout(int newTimeoutInMilliseconds)` Deprecated. Use `HttpConnectionParams.setConnectionTimeout(int)`, `HttpConnectionManager.getParams()`.
`void` | `setHostConfiguration(HostConfiguration hostConfiguration)` Assigns the `host configuration` to use with the HttpClient.
`void` | `setHttpConnectionFactoryTimeout(long timeout)` Deprecated. Use `HttpClientParams.setConnectionManagerTimeout(long)`, `getParams()`
`void` | `setHttpConnectionManager(HttpConnectionManager httpConnectionManager)` Assigns the `HTTP connection manager` to use with the HttpClient.
`void` | `setParams(HttpClientParams params)` Assigns `HTTP protocol parameters` for this HttpClient.
`void` | `setState(HttpState state)` Assigns `HTTP state` for the HttpClient.
`void` | `setStrictMode(boolean strictMode)` Deprecated. Use `DefaultHttpParams.setParameter(String, Object)` to exercise a more granular control over HTTP protocol strictness.
`void` | `setTimeout(int newTimeoutInMilliseconds)` Deprecated. Use `HttpConnectionParams.setSoTimeout(int)`, `HttpConnectionManager.getParams()`.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
`clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait`

Constructor Detail

### HttpClient

    public HttpClient()

  Creates an instance of HttpClient using default `parameter set`.

  See Also:
    `HttpClientParams`

### HttpClient

    public HttpClient(HttpClientParams params)

  Creates an instance of HttpClient using the given `parameter set`.

  Parameters:
    `params` - The `parameters` to use.
  Since:
    3.0
  See Also:
    `HttpClientParams`

### HttpClient

    public HttpClient(HttpClientParams params,
                      HttpConnectionManager httpConnectionManager)

  Creates an instance of HttpClient with a user specified `parameter set` and `HTTP connection manager`.

  Parameters:
    `params` - The `parameters` to use.
    `httpConnectionManager` - The `connection manager` to use.
  Since:
    3.0

### HttpClient

    public HttpClient(HttpConnectionManager httpConnectionManager)

  Creates an instance of HttpClient with a user specified `HTTP connection manager`.

  Parameters:
    `httpConnectionManager` - The `connection manager` to use.
  Since:
    2.0

Method Detail

### getState

    public HttpState getState()

  Returns `HTTP state` associated with the HttpClient.

  Returns:
    the shared client state
  See Also:
    `setState(HttpState)`

### setState

    public void setState(HttpState state)

  Assigns `HTTP state` for the HttpClient.

  Parameters:
    `state` - the new `HTTP state` for the client
  See Also:
    `getState()`

### setStrictMode

    public void setStrictMode(boolean strictMode)

  Deprecated. Use `DefaultHttpParams.setParameter(String, Object)` to exercise a more granular control over HTTP protocol strictness.

  Defines how strictly the method follows the HTTP protocol specification (see RFC 2616 and other relevant RFCs). In the strict mode the method precisely implements the requirements of the specification, whereas in non-strict mode it attempts to mimic the exact behaviour of commonly used HTTP agents, which many HTTP servers expect.

  Parameters:
    `strictMode` - `true` for strict mode, `false` otherwise
  See Also:
    `isStrictMode()`

### isStrictMode

    public boolean isStrictMode()

  Deprecated. Use `DefaultHttpParams.getParameter(String)` to exercise a more granular control over HTTP protocol strictness.

  Returns the value of the strict mode flag.

  Returns:
    `true` if strict mode is enabled, `false` otherwise
  See Also:
    `setStrictMode(boolean)`

### setTimeout

    public void setTimeout(int newTimeoutInMilliseconds)

  Deprecated. Use `HttpConnectionParams.setSoTimeout(int)`, `HttpConnectionManager.getParams()`.

  Sets the socket timeout (`SO_TIMEOUT`) in milliseconds which is the timeout for waiting for data. A timeout value of zero is interpreted as an infinite timeout.

  Parameters:
    `newTimeoutInMilliseconds` - Timeout in milliseconds

### setHttpConnectionFactoryTimeout

    public void setHttpConnectionFactoryTimeout(long timeout)

  Deprecated. Use `HttpClientParams.setConnectionManagerTimeout(long)`, `getParams()`

  Sets the timeout in milliseconds used when retrieving an `HTTP connection` from the `HTTP connection manager`.

  Parameters:
    `timeout` - the timeout in milliseconds
  See Also:
    `HttpConnectionManager.getConnection(HostConfiguration, long)`

### setConnectionTimeout

    public void setConnectionTimeout(int newTimeoutInMilliseconds)

  Deprecated. Use `HttpConnectionParams.setConnectionTimeout(int)`, `HttpConnectionManager.getParams()`.

  Sets the timeout until a connection is etablished. A value of zero means the timeout is not used. The default value is zero.

  Parameters:
    `newTimeoutInMilliseconds` - Timeout in milliseconds.
  See Also:
    `HttpConnection.setConnectionTimeout(int)`

### executeMethod

    public int executeMethod(HttpMethod method)
                      throws IOException,
                             HttpException

  Executes the given `HTTP method`.

  Parameters:
    `method` - the `HTTP method` to execute.
  Returns:
    the method's response code
  Throws:
    `IOException` - If an I/O (transport) error occurs. Some transport exceptions can be recovered from.
    `HttpException` - If a protocol exception occurs. Usually protocol exceptions cannot be recovered from.

### executeMethod

    public int executeMethod(HostConfiguration hostConfiguration,
                             HttpMethod method)
                      throws IOException,
                             HttpException

  Executes the given `HTTP method` using custom `host configuration`.

  Parameters:
    `hostConfiguration` - The `host configuration` to use. If `null`, the host configuration returned by `getHostConfiguration()` will be used.
    `method` - the `HTTP method` to execute.
  Returns:
    the method's response code
  Throws:
    `IOException` - If an I/O (transport) error occurs. Some transport exceptions can be recovered from.
    `HttpException` - If a protocol exception occurs. Usually protocol exceptions cannot be recovered from.
  Since:
    2.0

### executeMethod

    public int executeMethod(HostConfiguration hostconfig,
                             HttpMethod method,
                             HttpState state)
                      throws IOException,
                             HttpException

  Executes the given `HTTP method` using the given custom `host configuration` with the given custom `HTTP state`.

  Parameters:
    `hostconfig` - The `host configuration` to use. If `null`, the host configuration returned by `getHostConfiguration()` will be used.
    `method` - the `HTTP method` to execute.
    `state` - the `HTTP state` to use when executing the method. If `null`, the state returned by `getState()` will be used.
  Returns:
    the method's response code
  Throws:
    `IOException` - If an I/O (transport) error occurs. Some transport exceptions can be recovered from.
    `HttpException` - If a protocol exception occurs. Usually protocol exceptions cannot be recovered from.
  Since:
    2.0

### getHost

    public String getHost()

  Deprecated. use #getHostConfiguration()

  Returns the default host.

  Returns:
    The default host.

### getPort

    public int getPort()

  Deprecated. use #getHostConfiguration()

  Returns the default port.

  Returns:
    The default port.

### getHostConfiguration

    public HostConfiguration getHostConfiguration()

  Returns the `host configuration` associated with the HttpClient.

  Returns:
    `host configuration`
  Since:
    2.0

### setHostConfiguration

    public void setHostConfiguration(HostConfiguration hostConfiguration)

  Assigns the `host configuration` to use with the HttpClient.

  Parameters:
    `hostConfiguration` - The `host configuration` to set
  Since:
    2.0

### getHttpConnectionManager

    public HttpConnectionManager getHttpConnectionManager()

  Returns the `HTTP connection manager` associated with the HttpClient.

  Returns:
    `HTTP connection manager`
  Since:
    2.0

### setHttpConnectionManager

    public void setHttpConnectionManager(HttpConnectionManager httpConnectionManager)

  Assigns the `HTTP connection manager` to use with the HttpClient.

  Parameters:
    `httpConnectionManager` - The `HTTP connection manager` to set
  Since:
    2.0

### getParams

    public HttpClientParams getParams()

  Returns `HTTP protocol parameters` associated with this HttpClient.

  Since:
    3.0
  See Also:
    `HttpClientParams`

### setParams

    public void setParams(HttpClientParams params)

  Assigns `HTTP protocol parameters` for this HttpClient.

  Since:
    3.0
  See Also:
    `HttpClientParams`

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