RestAgent.java

package com.aol.micro.server.testing;

import com.aol.micro.server.rest.jackson.JacksonUtil;

import javax.ws.rs.client.Client;
import javax.ws.rs.client.ClientBuilder;
import javax.ws.rs.client.Entity;
import javax.ws.rs.client.Invocation.Builder;
import javax.ws.rs.client.WebTarget;
import javax.ws.rs.core.MediaType;

public class RestAgent {


	public String getJson(String url) {

		Client client = ClientBuilder.newClient();

		WebTarget resource = client.target(url);

		Builder request = resource.request();
		request.accept(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON);

		return request.get(String.class);

	}

	public String get(String url) {

		Client client = ClientBuilder.newClient();

		WebTarget resource = client.target(url);

		Builder request = resource.request();
		request.accept(MediaType.TEXT_PLAIN);

		return request.get(String.class);

	}

	public<T> T post(String url, Object payload,Class<T> type) {
		Client client = ClientBuilder.newClient();

		WebTarget resource = client.target(url);

		Builder request = resource.request();
		request.accept(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON);

		return request.post(Entity.entity(JacksonUtil.serializeToJson(payload),MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON), type);
	}


}