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package httpclient.entity.mime;

import java.io.File;

import org.apache.http.HttpEntity;
import org.apache.http.HttpResponse;
import org.apache.http.client.HttpClient;
import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpPost;
import org.apache.http.entity.mime.MultipartEntity;
import org.apache.http.entity.mime.content.FileBody;
import org.apache.http.entity.mime.content.StringBody;
import org.apache.http.impl.client.DefaultHttpClient;

/**
 * Example how to use multipart/form encoded POST request.
 */
public class ClientMultipartFormPost {

    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        if (args.length != 1) {
            System.out.println("File path not given");
            System.exit(1);
        }
        HttpClient httpclient = new DefaultHttpClient();

        HttpPost httppost = new HttpPost("http://localhost:8080" + "/servlets-examples/servlet/RequestInfoExample");

        FileBody bin = new FileBody(new File(args[0]));
        StringBody comment = new StringBody("A binary file of some kind");

        MultipartEntity reqEntity = new MultipartEntity();
        //        reqEntity.addPart("bin", bin);
        //        reqEntity.addPart("comment", comment);
        //        
        httppost.setEntity(reqEntity);

        System.out.println("executing request " + httppost.getRequestLine());
        HttpResponse response = httpclient.execute(httppost);
        HttpEntity resEntity = response.getEntity();

        System.out.println("----------------------------------------");
        System.out.println(response.getStatusLine());
        if (resEntity != null) {
            System.out.println("Response content length: " + resEntity.getContentLength());
            System.out.println("Chunked?: " + resEntity.isChunked());
        }
        if (resEntity != null) {
            resEntity.consumeContent();
        }
    }

}