The problem was Norton Firewall. As soon as I disabled the Norton Firewall the HTTP communication worked as expected when I launch the application from the command line
starrman wrote: > > I have a Java Swing app (desktop app) that is attempting to communicate > with a website using HttpClient. When I run this app from within the IDE > the HTTP communications works flawlessly. When I attempt to run the app > from the command line the HTTP communication fails with a > java.net.UnknownHostException > > Any Ideas? > > Here is the code snippet: > > String googleUrl = "http://www.google.com/";; > HttpClient client = new HttpClient(); > GetMethod get = new GetMethod(googleUrl); > > int iGetResultCode = client.executeMethod(get); > final String strGetResponseBody = > get.getResponseBodyAsString(); > > Here is the Exception I am seeing... > > java.net.UnknownHostException: www.google.com > at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connect(Unknown Source) > at java.net.SocksSocketImpl.connect(Unknown Source) > at java.net.Socket.connect(Unknown Source) > at java.net.Socket.connect(Unknown Source) > at java.net.Socket.<init>(Unknown Source) > at java.net.Socket.<init>(Unknown Source) > at > org.apache.commons.httpclient.protocol.DefaultProtocolSocketFactory.createSocket(DefaultProtocolSocketFactory.java:80) > at > org.apache.commons.httpclient.protocol.DefaultProtocolSocketFactory.createSocket(DefaultProtocolSocketFactory.java:122) > at > org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpConnection.open(HttpConnection.java:707) > at > org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpMethodDirector.executeWithRetry(HttpMethodDirector.java:387) > at > org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpMethodDirector.executeMethod(HttpMethodDirector.java:171) > at > org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpClient.executeMethod(HttpClient.java:397) > at > org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpClient.executeMethod(HttpClient.java:323) > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Desktop-App-attempting-to-communicate-with-Web-App-using-HttpClient...-Receiving-UnknownHostException-tf4406763.html#a12572203 Sent from the HttpClient-User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
