Client.java

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package demo.jaxrs.client;

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

public final class Client {

    private Client() {
    }

    public static void main(String args[]) throws Exception {
        // Sent HTTP GET request to query customer info, expect XML
        System.out.println("Sent HTTP GET request to query customer info, expect XML");
        GetMethod get = new GetMethod("http://localhost:9000/customerservice/customers/123");
        get.addRequestHeader("Accept", "application/xml");
        HttpClient httpclient = new HttpClient();

        try {
            int result = httpclient.executeMethod(get);
            System.out.println("Response status code: " + result);
            System.out.println("Response body: ");
            System.out.println(get.getResponseBodyAsString());
        } finally {
            get.releaseConnection();
        }

        // Sent HTTP GET request to query customer info, expect JSON.
        System.out.println("\n");
        System.out.println("Sent HTTP GET request to query customer info, expect JSON");
        get = new GetMethod("http://localhost:9000/customerservice/customers/123");
        get.addRequestHeader("Accept", "application/json");
        httpclient = new HttpClient();

        try {
            int result = httpclient.executeMethod(get);
            System.out.println("Response status code: " + result);
            System.out.println("Response body: ");
            System.out.println(get.getResponseBodyAsString());
        } finally {
            get.releaseConnection();
        }

        System.out.println("\n");
        System.out.println("Sent HTTP GET request to query customer info, expect XML");
        //The default behavior without setting Accept header explicitly is depending on your client.
        //In the case of  HTTP Client, the Accept header will be absent. The CXF server will treat this
        //as "*/*", XML format is returned
        get = new GetMethod("http://localhost:9000/customerservice/customers/123");
        httpclient = new HttpClient();

        try {
            int result = httpclient.executeMethod(get);
            System.out.println("Response status code: " + result);
            System.out.println("Response body: ");
            System.out.println(get.getResponseBodyAsString());
        } finally {
            get.releaseConnection();
        }

        System.out.println("\n");
        System.exit(0);
    }
}