HttpClientUtil.java

package com.opentravelsoft.util;

import org.apache.commons.httpclient.*;
import org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods.*;
import org.apache.commons.httpclient.params.HttpMethodParams;

import java.io.*;

public class HttpClientUtil {

    public static byte[] execute(String url) {
        // Create an instance of HttpClient.
        HttpClient client = new HttpClient();

        // Create a method instance.
        GetMethod method = new GetMethod(url);

        // Provide custom retry handler is necessary
        method.getParams().setParameter(HttpMethodParams.RETRY_HANDLER,
                new DefaultHttpMethodRetryHandler(3, false));

        try {
            // Execute the method.
            int statusCode = client.executeMethod(method);

            if (statusCode != HttpStatus.SC_OK) {
                System.err.println("Method failed: " + method.getStatusLine());
            }

            // Read the response body.
            byte[] responseBody = method.getResponseBody();

            // Deal with the response.
            // Use caution: ensure correct character encoding and is not binary
            // data
            //System.out.println(new String(responseBody));
            return responseBody;

        } catch (HttpException e) {
            System.err.println("Fatal protocol violation: " + e.getMessage());
            e.printStackTrace();
        } catch (IOException e) {
            System.err.println("Fatal transport error: " + e.getMessage());
            e.printStackTrace();
        } finally {
            // Release the connection.
            method.releaseConnection();
        }
        return null;
    }
}