On 12/05/2008, Janos Mucsi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 1. If I follow redirects
>
> HttpClient client = new HttpClient();
> GetMethod method = new GetMethod("http://....";;
> method.setFollowRedirects(true);
> client.executeMethod(method);
> System.out.println(method.getURI());
> method.releaseConnection();
>
> Yes, then I can compare the first and the second URLs.
>
> 2. If I do not follow the redirect
>
>
> HttpClient client = new HttpClient();
>
> GetMethod method = new GetMethod("http://....";;
> method.setFollowRedirects(false);
> client.executeMethod(method);
> Header header = method.getResponseHeader("Location");
>
> // when header!=null
> System.out.println(header.getValue());
> method.releaseConnection();
>
The above code samples are not equivalent, as the second one does not
fetch the redirected URL.
>
> Which solution do you think is nicer or less resource intensive? I need to
> do about 17,000 validations so I care about speed too.
Then I suggest you try some tests to measure speed and resource usage.
> Thanks.
>
>
> sebb wrote:
>
> > method.getURI()
> >
> > On 12/05/2008, Janos Mucsi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >
> > > Hi
> > >
> > > I am following redirects like this
> > >
> > > HttpClient client = new HttpClient();
> > > GetMethod method = new GetMethod("http://....";;
> > > method.setFollowRedirects(true);
> > > client.executeMethod(method);
> > >
> > > I would like to compare the new URL to the old URL in case of
> redirects.
> > > What is the most efficient way
> > > to do this if I do not want to make two separate connections?
> > >
> > >
> >
> > Have you tried calling
> >
> > method.getURI()
> >
> > after the executeMethod() has returned?
> >
> >
> >
> > > In my case this is necessary because the company I am working for uses
> > > redirects just to change cookies,
> > > so I need to distinguish between real redirects (when the URL is
> different)
> > > and fake redirects (when cookies
> > > are different only).
> > >
> > > Thanks.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Janos Mucsi
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
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