GetExample.java

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 * Copyright 2005 Tim O'Brien.
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package com.discursive.jccook.httpclient;

import java.io.IOException;

import org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpClient;
import org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpException;
import org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpMethod;
import org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods.GetMethod;

public class GetExample {

	public static void main(String[] args) {
		HttpClient client = new HttpClient();
		String url = "http://www.discursive.com/jccook/";
		HttpMethod method = new GetMethod( url );
	
		try {
			client.executeMethod( method );
			String response = method.getResponseBodyAsString();

			System.out.println( response );
		} catch( HttpException he ) {
			System.out.println( "HTTP Problem: " + he.getMessage() );
		} catch( IOException ioe ) {
			System.out.println( "IO Exeception: " + ioe.getMessage() );
		} finally {
			method.releaseConnection();
			method.recycle();
		}
	}
}