Java HttpURLConnection Create createHttpURLConnection(String urlString, int timeout)

Description

Create an HTTP connection (GET).

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
urlString	a parameter
timeout	a parameter

Exception

Parameter	Description
IOException	an exception

Declaration

public static HttpURLConnection createHttpURLConnection(String urlString, int timeout) throws IOException 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*******************************************************************************
 * Copyright (c) 2007 Exadel, Inc. and Red Hat, Inc.
 * Distributed under license by Red Hat, Inc. All rights reserved.
 * This program is made available under the terms of the
 * Eclipse Public License v1.0 which accompanies this distribution,
 * and is available at http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
 *
 * Contributors:/*from w  w  w.j  a  va2  s.  c om*/
 *     Exadel, Inc. and Red Hat, Inc. - initial API and implementation
 ******************************************************************************/

import java.io.IOException;

import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
import java.net.URL;
import java.net.URLConnection;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Create an HTTP connection (GET). Returns null if the URL does not use HTTP(S) protocol.
     * @param urlString
     * @param timeout
     * @return
     * @throws IOException
     */
    public static HttpURLConnection createHttpURLConnection(String urlString, int timeout) throws IOException {
        URL url = new URL(urlString);
        URLConnection connetion = url.openConnection();
        HttpURLConnection httpConnection = null;
        if (connetion instanceof HttpURLConnection) {
            httpConnection = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
            httpConnection.setInstanceFollowRedirects(true);
            httpConnection.setRequestMethod("GET");
            httpConnection.setConnectTimeout(timeout);
        }
        return httpConnection;
    }
}

Related

1. createHttpURLGetConnection(String url, int timeout)
2. getHttpConnection(Proxy prx, URL u, int millis)
3. getHttpConnection(String urlStr, Proxy proxy)
4. getHttpConnection(String urlStr, String charSet, Map props)