AbstractHttpCheck.java

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package net.sf.appstatus.demo.check;

import java.io.IOException;

import net.sf.appstatus.core.check.AbstractCheck;

import org.apache.http.client.ClientProtocolException;
import org.apache.http.client.HttpClient;
import org.apache.http.client.ResponseHandler;
import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpGet;
import org.apache.http.impl.client.BasicResponseHandler;
import org.apache.http.impl.client.DefaultHttpClient;

/**
 * @author Nicolas Richeton
 * 
 */
public abstract class AbstractHttpCheck extends AbstractCheck {

	protected String doHttpGet(String url) throws ClientProtocolException,
			IOException {

		HttpClient httpclient = new DefaultHttpClient();
		HttpGet httpget = new HttpGet(url);
		ResponseHandler<String> responseHandler = new BasicResponseHandler();

		try {
			String responseBody = httpclient.execute(httpget, responseHandler);
			return responseBody;
		} finally {
			httpclient.getConnectionManager().shutdown();
		}

	}
}