Example usage for org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods FileRequestEntity writeRequest

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In this page you can find the example usage for org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods FileRequestEntity writeRequest.

Prototype

public void writeRequest(final OutputStream out) throws IOException 

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Usage

From source file:org.switchyard.component.test.mixins.http.HTTPMixIn.java

/**
 * POST the specified request payload to the specified HTTP endpoint.
 * @param endpointURL The HTTP endpoint URL.
 * @param request The file resource containing the request payload.
 * @return The HTTP response payload./* www.j a v a2s . c o  m*/
 */
public String postFile(String endpointURL, String request) {

    FileRequestEntity requestEntity = new FileRequestEntity(new File(request), "text/xml; charset=utf-8");

    if (_dumpMessages) {
        _logger.info("Sending a POST request to [" + endpointURL + "]");
        ByteArrayOutputStream target = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
        try {
            requestEntity.writeRequest(target);
            _logger.info("Request body:[" + target.toString() + "]");
        } catch (IOException e) {
            _logger.error("Unable to write FileRequestEntity to stream", e);
        }
    }

    PostMethod postMethod = new PostMethod(endpointURL);
    postMethod.setRequestEntity(requestEntity);
    try {
        return execute(postMethod);
    } finally {
        postMethod.releaseConnection();
    }
}

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