io.devcon5.commons.rest

Class SimpleRestClient

java.lang.Object

io.devcon5.commons.rest.SimpleRestClient

public class SimpleRestClient
extends Object

A simple client to send requests to a REST API using plain Java SE.

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Class and Description
static class	SimpleRestClient.RequestBuilder Builder for fluently defining a request
static class	SimpleRestClient.Response A Response handle around a HttpURLConnection

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
SimpleRestClient()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static SimpleRestClient.RequestBuilder	requestTo(String url) Initiates a new request to the specified URL
static SimpleRestClient.RequestBuilder	requestTo(URL url) Initiates a new request to the specified URL

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

SimpleRestClient

public SimpleRestClient()

Method Detail

requestTo

public static SimpleRestClient.RequestBuilder requestTo(String url)

Initiates a new request to the specified URL

Parameters:

url - a string representing an URL. If the url String is not valid, an exception is thrown

Returns:

a new RequestBuilder to specify request parameters

requestTo

public static SimpleRestClient.RequestBuilder requestTo(URL url)

Initiates a new request to the specified URL

Parameters:

url - the requested URL

Returns:

a new RequestBuilder to specify request parameters