RedirectExample.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 RedirectExample {

	public static void main(String[] args) throws HttpException, IOException {
		// Configure Logging
		System.setProperty("org.apache.commons.logging.Log", 
			"org.apache.commons.logging.impl.SimpleLog");
		System.setProperty("org.apache.commons.logging.simplelog.showdatetime", 
			"true");
		System.setProperty("org.apache.commons.logging.simplelog.log.httpclient.wire", 
			"debug");
		System.setProperty("org.apache.commons.logging.simplelog.log.org.apache.commons.httpclient", 
			"debug");

		HttpClient client = new HttpClient();
		String url = "http://www.discursive.com/cgi-bin/jccook/redirect.cgi";
	
		System.out.println( "Executing Method not following redirects: ");		
		HttpMethod method = new GetMethod( url );
		method.setFollowRedirects( false );
		executeMethod(client, method);

		System.out.println( "Executing Method following redirects: ");		
		method = new GetMethod( url );
		method.setFollowRedirects( true );
		executeMethod(client, method);
	}

	private static void executeMethod(HttpClient client, HttpMethod method)
		throws IOException, HttpException {
		client.executeMethod( method );
		System.out.println( "Response Code: " + method.getStatusCode() );
		String response = method.getResponseBodyAsString();
		System.out.println( response );
		method.releaseConnection();
		method.recycle();
	}

}