Hello Rodney,
thanks very much for the information and thanks for
the suggestion. i've did a similar workaround before
right after i posted the message to the list. : )
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matt
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rodney Waldhoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Jakarta Commons Users List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Wong Ka
Ho Matthew" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, December 14, 2002 1:02 AM
Subject: Re: [HttpClient] Redirect to a different Host
> For technical/design reasons it is awkward for httpclient's HttpMethod
> class to change the HttpConnection parameters in this way. The Method
> is essentially given a socket connection to a given host that it
> cannot simply point at a different server (see HttpMethodBase.execute).
> This will probably be addressed eventually, but I'm not sure how it
> relates to the 2.0 final release plan (which is moving toward a 2.0 alpha
> 2 release rather soon).
>
> In the interim, in the case of a cross-server redirect, HttpClient will
> return the redirect status code (302). Your client code can detect this
> response, obtain the response "Location" header (where we're being
> redirected to) and "resubmit" via a new call to HttpClient.executeMethod
> or HttpMethod.execute, passing in a new HttpConnection or
> HostConfiguration pointing to the appropriate host.
>
> On Fri, 13 Dec 2002, Wong Ka Ho Matthew wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > i found that the GetMethod of the HttpClient won't follow the
> > redirects if the location of the resource is resides on another
host.
> >
> > is there any suggestion on how to use the GetMethod of the
> > HttpClient to deal with a redirect to resource that is on a
different
> > host?
> >
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