HttpGetSender.java

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package us.mn.state.health.lims.dataexchange.common;


import java.util.ArrayList;

import org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpClient;
import org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpStatus;
import org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods.GetMethod;
import org.apache.commons.validator.GenericValidator;

import us.mn.state.health.lims.common.log.LogEvent;

public class HttpGetSender extends HttpSender  {
	
	/*
	 * (non-Javadoc)
	 * 
	 * @see
	 * us.mn.state.health.lims.dataexchange.IExternalSender#sendMessage()
	 */
	@Override
	public boolean sendMessage() {

		errors = new ArrayList<String>();
		
		if ( GenericValidator.isBlankOrNull(url)) {
			LogEvent.logWarn("HttpGetSender", "send message", "The url is null"  );
			errors.add("send message The url is null"  );
			return false;
		}

		HttpClient httpclient = new HttpClient();
		setTimeout(httpclient);

		GetMethod httpGet = new GetMethod( url );
		
		sendByHttp(httpclient, httpGet);

		return returnStatus == HttpStatus.SC_OK;	
	}

}