Tim, HttpClient 2.0 supports a reverse model compared to HttpURLConnection. Instead of providing you with an output stream it can read the request body directly from an input stream and write it to the socket output stream for you
http://cvs.apache.org/viewcvs.cgi/jakarta-commons/httpclient/src/examples/PostXML.java?rev=1.10.2.1&only_with_tag=HTTPCLIENT_2_0_BRANCH&view=markup HttpClient 3.0 can do both with a little help from your side, which would basically require you to provide a class implementing RequestEntity interface http://cvs.apache.org/viewcvs.cgi/jakarta-commons/httpclient/src/examples/PostXML.java?only_with_tag=HTTPCLIENT_2_0_BRANCH&view=markup Oleg On Wed, 2004-07-07 at 23:10, Tim Wild wrote: > Hi all, > > We have the need to connect to a server and authenticate using client > certificates, then stream an xml request out to it. I can do the client > cert stuff, but can streaming out the xml be done with HttpClient? Our > current code (without client cert support) is below. > > The other method i've tried is just using a plain HttpsUrlConnection, > but getting it to send the client cert is proving to be tricky. I've > registered the DefaultSSLSocketFactory, but for some reason it won't > present my client cert :( > > Any thoughts appreciated. > > Thanks > > Tim > > URL urlObj = new URL(url); > HttpURLConnection.setFollowRedirects(true); > HttpURLConnection connection = (HttpURLConnection)urlObj.openConnection(); > connection.setRequestMethod("POST"); > connection.setDoInput(true); > connection.setDoOutput(true); > connection.setInstanceFollowRedirects(true); > OutputStream os = connection.getOutputStream(); > PrintWriter writer = new PrintWriter(os, true); > writer.println(message); > os.close(); > InputStream is = connection.getInputStream(); > Reader reader = Util.convertInputStreamToReader(is); > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
