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/* 
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 * Copyright 2005 Tim O'Brien.
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 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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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.NameValuePair;
import org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods.GetMethod;
import org.apache.commons.httpclient.util.URIUtil;

public class QueryStringExample {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws HttpException, IOException {
        HttpClient client = new HttpClient();

        String url = "http://www.discursive.com/cgi-bin/jccook/param_list.cgi";

        // Set the Query String with setQueryString()
        HttpMethod method = new GetMethod(url);
        method.setQueryString(URIUtil.encodeQuery("test1=O'Reilly&blah=Whoop"));
        System.out.println("With Query String: " + method.getURI());
        client.executeMethod(method);
        System.out.println("Response:\n " + method.getResponseBodyAsString());
        method.releaseConnection();

        // Set query string with name value pair objects
        method = new GetMethod(url);
        NameValuePair pair = new NameValuePair("test2", URIUtil.encodeQuery("One & Two"));
        NameValuePair pair2 = new NameValuePair("param2", URIUtil.encodeQuery("TSCM"));
        NameValuePair[] pairs = new NameValuePair[] { pair, pair2 };
        method.setQueryString(pairs);
        System.out.println("With NameValuePairs: " + method.getURI());
        client.executeMethod(method);
        System.out.println("Response:\n " + method.getResponseBodyAsString());
        method.releaseConnection();
    }
}