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java.lang.Object | +--java.net.URLConnection
The abstract class URLConnection
is the superclass
of all classes that represent a communications link between the
application and a URL. Instances of this class can be used both to
read from and to write to the resource referenced by the URL. In
general, creating a connection to a URL is a multistep process:
openConnection() |
connect() |
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Manipulate parameters that affect the connection to the remote resource. | Interact with the resource; query header fields and contents. |
openConnection
method on a URL.
connect
method.
The setup parameters are modified using the following methods:
setAllowUserInteraction
setDoInput
setDoOutput
setIfModifiedSince
setUseCaches
and the general request properties are modified using the method:
setRequestProperty
Default values for the AllowUserInteraction
and
UseCaches
parameters can be set using the methods
setDefaultAllowUserInteraction
and
setDefaultUseCaches
. Default values for general
request properties can be set using the
setDefaultRequestProperty
method.
Each of the above set
methods has a corresponding
get
method to retrieve the value of the parameter or
general request property. The specific parameters and general
request properties that are applicable are protocol specific.
The following methods are used to access the header fields and the contents after the connection is made to the remote object:
getContent
getHeaderField
getInputStream
getOutputStream
Certain header fields are accessed frequently. The methods:
getContentEncoding
getContentLength
getContentType
getDate
getExpiration
getLastModifed
provide convenient access to these fields. The
getContentType
method is used by the
getContent
method to determine the type of the remote
object; subclasses may find it convenient to override the
getContentType
method.
In the common case, all of the pre-connection parameters and
general request properties can be ignored: the pre-connection
parameters and request properties default to sensible values. For
most clients of this interface, there are only two interesting
methods: getInputStream
and getObject
,
which are mirrored in the URL
class by convenience methods.
More information on the request properties and header fields of
an http
connection can be found at:
Note abouthttp://www.w3.org/hypertext/WWW/Protocols/HTTP1.0/draft-ietf-http-spec.html
fileNameMap
: In versions prior to JDK 1.1.6,
field fileNameMap
of URLConnection
was public.
In JDK 1.1.6 and later, fileNameMap
is private; accessor
and mutator methods getFileNameMap
and
setFileNameMap
are added
to access it. This change is also described on the
JDK Compatibility page.
URL.openConnection()
,
connect()
,
getContent()
,
getContentEncoding()
,
getContentLength()
,
getContentType()
,
getDate()
,
getExpiration()
,
getHeaderField(int)
,
getHeaderField(java.lang.String)
,
getInputStream()
,
getLastModified()
,
getOutputStream()
,
setAllowUserInteraction(boolean)
,
setDefaultRequestProperty(java.lang.String, java.lang.String)
,
setDefaultUseCaches(boolean)
,
setDoInput(boolean)
,
setDoOutput(boolean)
,
setIfModifiedSince(long)
,
setRequestProperty(java.lang.String, java.lang.String)
,
setUseCaches(boolean)
Field Summary | |
protected boolean |
allowUserInteraction
If true , this URL is being examined in
a context in which it makes sense to allow user interactions such
as popping up an authentication dialog. |
protected boolean |
connected
If false , this connection object has not created a
communications link to the specified URL. |
protected boolean |
doInput
This variable is set by the setDoInput method. |
protected boolean |
doOutput
This variable is set by the setDoOutput method. |
protected long |
ifModifiedSince
Some protocols support skipping the fetching of the object unless the object has been modified more recently than a certain time. |
protected URL |
url
The URL represents the remote object on the World Wide Web to which this connection is opened. |
protected boolean |
useCaches
If true , the protocol is allowed to use caching
whenever it can. |
Constructor Summary | |
protected |
URLConnection(URL url)
Constructs a URL connection to the specified URL. |
Method Summary | |
abstract void |
connect()
Opens a communications link to the resource referenced by this URL, if such a connection has not already been established. |
boolean |
getAllowUserInteraction()
Returns the value of the allowUserInteraction field for
this object. |
Object |
getContent()
Retrieves the contents of this URL connection. |
String |
getContentEncoding()
Returns the value of the content-encoding header field. |
int |
getContentLength()
Returns the value of the content-length header field. |
String |
getContentType()
Returns the value of the content-type header field. |
long |
getDate()
Returns the value of the date header field. |
static boolean |
getDefaultAllowUserInteraction()
Returns the default value of the allowUserInteraction
field. |
static String |
getDefaultRequestProperty(String key)
Returns the value of the default request property. |
boolean |
getDefaultUseCaches()
Returns the default value of a URLConnection 's
useCaches flag. |
boolean |
getDoInput()
Returns the value of this URLConnection 's
doInput flag. |
boolean |
getDoOutput()
Returns the value of this URLConnection 's
doOutput flag. |
long |
getExpiration()
Returns the value of the expires header field. |
static FileNameMap |
getFileNameMap()
Returns the FileNameMap. |
String |
getHeaderField(int n)
Returns the value for the n th header field. |
String |
getHeaderField(String name)
Returns the name of the specified header field. |
long |
getHeaderFieldDate(String name,
long Default)
Returns the value of the named field parsed as date. |
int |
getHeaderFieldInt(String name,
int Default)
Returns the value of the named field parsed as a number. |
String |
getHeaderFieldKey(int n)
Returns the key for the n th header field. |
long |
getIfModifiedSince()
Returns the value of this object's ifModifiedSince field. |
InputStream |
getInputStream()
Returns an input stream that reads from this open connection. |
long |
getLastModified()
Returns the value of the last-modified header field. |
OutputStream |
getOutputStream()
Returns an output stream that writes to this connection. |
Permission |
getPermission()
Returns a permission object representing the permission necessary to make the connection represented by this object. |
String |
getRequestProperty(String key)
Returns the value of the named general request property for this connection. |
URL |
getURL()
Returns the value of this URLConnection 's URL
field. |
boolean |
getUseCaches()
Returns the value of this URLConnection 's
useCaches field. |
protected static String |
guessContentTypeFromName(String fname)
Tries to determine the content type of an object, based on the specified "file" component of a URL. |
static String |
guessContentTypeFromStream(InputStream is)
Tries to determine the type of an input stream based on the characters at the beginning of the input stream. |
void |
setAllowUserInteraction(boolean allowuserinteraction)
Set the value of the allowUserInteraction field of
this URLConnection . |
static void |
setContentHandlerFactory(ContentHandlerFactory fac)
Sets the ContentHandlerFactory of an
application. |
static void |
setDefaultAllowUserInteraction(boolean defaultallowuserinteraction)
Sets the default value of the allowUserInteraction field for all future
URLConnection objects to the specified value. |
static void |
setDefaultRequestProperty(String key,
String value)
Sets the default value of a general request property. |
void |
setDefaultUseCaches(boolean defaultusecaches)
Sets the default value of the useCaches field to the
specified value. |
void |
setDoInput(boolean doinput)
Sets the value of the doInput field for this
URLConnection to the specified value. |
void |
setDoOutput(boolean dooutput)
Sets the value of the doOutput field for this
URLConnection to the specified value. |
static void |
setFileNameMap(FileNameMap map)
Sets the FileNameMap. |
void |
setIfModifiedSince(long ifmodifiedsince)
Sets the value of the ifModifiedSince field of
this URLConnection to the specified value. |
void |
setRequestProperty(String key,
String value)
Sets the general request property. |
void |
setUseCaches(boolean usecaches)
Sets the value of the useCaches field of this
URLConnection to the specified value. |
String |
toString()
Returns a String representation of this URL connection. |
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object |
clone,
equals,
finalize,
getClass,
hashCode,
notify,
notifyAll,
wait,
wait,
wait |
Field Detail |
protected URL url
The value of this field can be accessed by the
getURL
method.
The default value of this variable is the value of the URL
argument in the URLConnection
constructor.
protected boolean doInput
setDoInput
method. Its
value is returned by the getDoInput
method.
A URL connection can be used for input and/or output. Setting the
doInput
flag to true
indicates that
the application intends to read data from the URL connection.
The default value of this field is true
.
getDoInput()
,
setDoInput(boolean)
protected boolean doOutput
setDoOutput
method. Its
value is returned by the getDoInput
method.
A URL connection can be used for input and/or output. Setting the
doOutput
flag to true
indicates
that the application intends to write data to the URL connection.
The default value of this field is false
.
getDoOutput()
,
setDoOutput(boolean)
protected boolean allowUserInteraction
true
, this URL
is being examined in
a context in which it makes sense to allow user interactions such
as popping up an authentication dialog. If false
,
then no user interaction is allowed.
The value of this field can be set by the
setAllowUserInteraction
method.
Its value is returned by the
getAllowUserInteraction
method.
Its default value is the value of the argument in the last invocation
of the setDefaultAllowUserInteraction
method.
protected boolean useCaches
true
, the protocol is allowed to use caching
whenever it can. If false
, the protocol must always
try to get a fresh copy of the object.
This field is set by the setUseCaches
method. Its
value is returned by the getUseCaches
method.
Its default value is the value given in the last invocation of the
setDefaultUseCaches
method.
protected long ifModifiedSince
A nonzero value gives a time as the number of milliseconds since January 1, 1970, GMT. The object is fetched only if it has been modified more recently than that time.
This variable is set by the setIfModifiedSince
method. Its value is returned by the
getIfModifiedSince
method.
The default value of this field is 0
, indicating
that the fetching must always occur.
getIfModifiedSince()
,
setIfModifiedSince(long)
protected boolean connected
false
, this connection object has not created a
communications link to the specified URL. If true
,
the communications link has been established.Constructor Detail |
protected URLConnection(URL url)
url
- the specified URL.Method Detail |
public static FileNameMap getFileNameMap()
public static void setFileNameMap(FileNameMap map)
If there is a security manager, this method first calls
the security manager's checkSetFactory
method
to ensure the operation is allowed.
This could result in a SecurityException.
map
- the FileNameMap to be setcheckSetFactory
method doesn't allow the operation.SecurityManager.checkSetFactory()
public abstract void connect() throws IOException
If the connect
method is called when the connection
has already been opened (indicated by the connected
field having the value true
), the call is ignored.
URLConnection objects go through two phases: first they are created, then they are connected. After being created, and before being connected, various options can be specified (e.g., doInput and UseCaches). After connecting, it is an error to try to set them. Operations that depend on being connected, like getContentLength, will implicitly perform the connection, if necessary.
connected
public URL getURL()
URLConnection
's URL
field.URLConnection
's URL
field.url
public int getContentLength()
content-length
header field.-1
if the content length is
not known.public String getContentType()
content-type
header field.null
if not known.getHeaderField(java.lang.String)
public String getContentEncoding()
content-encoding
header field.null
if not known.getHeaderField(java.lang.String)
public long getExpiration()
expires
header field.getHeaderField(java.lang.String)
public long getDate()
date
header field.0
if not known. The value returned is the
number of milliseconds since January 1, 1970 GMT.getHeaderField(java.lang.String)
public long getLastModified()
last-modified
header field.
The result is the number of milliseconds since January 1, 1970 GMT.URLConnection
was last modified, or 0 if not known.getHeaderField(java.lang.String)
public String getHeaderField(String name)
name
- the name of a header field.null
if there is no such field in the header.public int getHeaderFieldInt(String name, int Default)
This form of getHeaderField
exists because some
connection types (e.g., http-ng
) have pre-parsed
headers. Classes for that connection type can override this method
and short-circuit the parsing.
name
- the name of the header field.Default
- the default value.Default
value is returned if the field is
missing or malformed.public long getHeaderFieldDate(String name, long Default)
This form of getHeaderField
exists because some
connection types (e.g., http-ng
) have pre-parsed
headers. Classes for that connection type can override this method
and short-circuit the parsing.
name
- the name of the header field.Default
- a default value.Default
argument is returned if the field is
missing or malformed.public String getHeaderFieldKey(int n)
n
th header field.n
- an index.n
th header field,
or null
if there are fewer than n
fields.public String getHeaderField(int n)
n
th header field.
It returns null
if there are fewer than
n
fields.
This method can be used in conjunction with the
getHeaderFieldKey
method to iterate through all
the headers in the message.
n
- an index.n
th header field.getHeaderFieldKey(int)
public Object getContent() throws IOException
This method first determines the content type of the object by
calling the getContentType
method. If this is
the first time that the application has seen that specific content
type, a content handler for that content type is created:
setContentHandlerFactory
method, the
createContentHandler
method of that instance is called
with the content type as an argument; the result is a content
handler for that content type.
createContentHandler
method returns
null
, then the application loads the class named:
where <contentType> is formed by taking the content-type string, replacing all slash characters with asun.net.www.content.<contentType>
period
('.'), and all other non-alphanumeric characters
with the underscore character '_
'. The alphanumeric
characters are specifically the 26 uppercase ASCII letters
'A
' through 'Z
', the 26 lowercase ASCII
letters 'a
' through 'z
', and the 10 ASCII
digits '0
' through '9
'. If the specified
class does not exist, or is not a subclass of
ContentHandler
, then an
UnknownServiceException
is thrown.
instanceOf
operation
should be used to determine the specific kind of object
returned.ContentHandlerFactory.createContentHandler(java.lang.String)
,
getContentType()
,
setContentHandlerFactory(java.net.ContentHandlerFactory)
public Permission getPermission() throws IOException
java.security.AllPermission
. Subclasses
should override this method and return the permission
that best represents the permission required to make a
a connection to the URL. For example, a URLConnection
representing a file:
URL would return a
java.io.FilePermission
object.
The permission returned may dependent upon the state of the connection. For example, the permission before connecting may be different from that after connecting. For example, an HTTP sever, say foo.com, may redirect the connection to a different host, say bar.com. Before connecting the permission returned by the connection will represent the permission needed to connect to foo.com, while the permission returned after connecting will be to bar.com.
Permissions are generally used for two purposes: to protect caches of objects obtained through URLConnections, and to check the right of a recipient to learn about a particular URL. In the first case, the permission should be obtained after the object has been obtained. For example, in an HTTP connection, this will represent the permission to connect to the host from which the data was ultimately fetched. In the second case, the permission should be obtained and tested before connecting.
public InputStream getInputStream() throws IOException
public OutputStream getOutputStream() throws IOException
public String toString()
String
representation of this URL connection.URLConnection
.public void setDoInput(boolean doinput)
doInput
field for this
URLConnection
to the specified value.
A URL connection can be used for input and/or output. Set the DoInput flag to true if you intend to use the URL connection for input, false if not. The default is true unless DoOutput is explicitly set to true, in which case DoInput defaults to false.
value
- the new value.doInput
public boolean getDoInput()
URLConnection
's
doInput
flag.URLConnection
's
doInput
flag.doInput
public void setDoOutput(boolean dooutput)
doOutput
field for this
URLConnection
to the specified value.
A URL connection can be used for input and/or output. Set the DoOutput flag to true if you intend to use the URL connection for output, false if not. The default is false.
value
- the new value.doOutput
public boolean getDoOutput()
URLConnection
's
doOutput
flag.URLConnection
's
doOutput
flag.doOutput
public void setAllowUserInteraction(boolean allowuserinteraction)
allowUserInteraction
field of
this URLConnection
.allowuserinteraction
- the new value.allowUserInteraction
public boolean getAllowUserInteraction()
allowUserInteraction
field for
this object.allowUserInteraction
field for
this object.allowUserInteraction
public static void setDefaultAllowUserInteraction(boolean defaultallowuserinteraction)
allowUserInteraction
field for all future
URLConnection
objects to the specified value.defaultallowuserinteraction
- the new value.allowUserInteraction
public static boolean getDefaultAllowUserInteraction()
allowUserInteraction
field.
Ths default is "sticky", being a part of the static state of all URLConnections. This flag applies to the next, and all following URLConnections that are created.
allowUserInteraction
field.allowUserInteraction
public void setUseCaches(boolean usecaches)
useCaches
field of this
URLConnection
to the specified value.
Some protocols do caching of documents. Occasionally, it is important to be able to "tunnel through" and ignore the caches (e.g., the "reload" button in a browser). If the UseCaches flag on a connection is true, the connection is allowed to use whatever caches it can. If false, caches are to be ignored. The default value comes from DefaultUseCaches, which defaults to true.
useCaches
public boolean getUseCaches()
URLConnection
's
useCaches
field.URLConnection
's
useCaches
field.useCaches
public void setIfModifiedSince(long ifmodifiedsince)
ifModifiedSince
field of
this URLConnection
to the specified value.value
- the new value.ifModifiedSince
public long getIfModifiedSince()
ifModifiedSince
field.ifModifiedSince
field.ifModifiedSince
public boolean getDefaultUseCaches()
URLConnection
's
useCaches
flag.
Ths default is "sticky", being a part of the static state of all URLConnections. This flag applies to the next, and all following URLConnections that are created.
URLConnection
's
useCaches
flag.useCaches
public void setDefaultUseCaches(boolean defaultusecaches)
useCaches
field to the
specified value.defaultusecaches
- the new value.useCaches
public void setRequestProperty(String key, String value)
key
- the keyword by which the request is known
(e.g., "accept
").value
- the value associated with it.public String getRequestProperty(String key)
public static void setDefaultRequestProperty(String key, String value)
URLConnection
is created, it is initialized with
these properties.key
- the keyword by which the request is known
(e.g., "accept
").value
- the value associated with the key.public static String getDefaultRequestProperty(String key)
setDefaultRequestProperty(java.lang.String, java.lang.String)
public static void setContentHandlerFactory(ContentHandlerFactory fac)
ContentHandlerFactory
of an
application. It can be called at most once by an application.
The ContentHandlerFactory
instance is used to
construct a content handler from a content type
If there is a security manager, this method first calls
the security manager's checkSetFactory
method
to ensure the operation is allowed.
This could result in a SecurityException.
fac
- the desired factory.checkSetFactory
method doesn't allow the operation.ContentHandlerFactory
,
getContent()
,
SecurityManager.checkSetFactory()
protected static String guessContentTypeFromName(String fname)
getContentType
method.fname
- a filename.getContentType()
public static String guessContentTypeFromStream(InputStream is) throws IOException
getContentType
method.
Ideally, this routine would not be needed. But many
http
servers return the incorrect content type; in
addition, there are many nonstandard extensions. Direct inspection
of the bytes to determine the content type is often more accurate
than believing the content type claimed by the http
server.
is
- an input stream that supports marks.null
if none
can be determined.InputStream.mark(int)
,
InputStream.markSupported()
,
getContentType()
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