On Tue, 2008-08-05 at 23:51 -0700, Venkatesh wrote: > Thanks for the reply Oleg. > > I am still experimenting with 3.1 But if 4.0 provides me this flexibility to > talk to webDAV then i will switch to 4.0. > > -Venky >
Venky, It is significantly easier to develop customized methods with HttpClient 4.0 than 3.1. In fact you may not even need to create any custom classes as one can easily create instances of BasicHttpRequest / BasicHttpEntityEnclosingRequest with an arbitrary method name. Oleg > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Oleg Kalnichevski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: HttpClient User Discussion <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, August 5, 2008 6:51:38 PM > Subject: Re: Possible to converse with WebDAV using HttpClient library > > Venkatesh wrote: > > I am trying to write a simple Java REST program that will > > try to converse with WebDAV and do simple file operations (create, > > read, update , delete etc..). I am new to HttpClient and i can see that > > it can do most of the well known HTTP operations such as GET, PUT, > > POST, DELETE etc. WebDAV however has some customized methods such as > > MKCOL, PROPFIND. i find that i am unable to open an HTTP call for > > MKCOL similar to HTTP call for GET/PUT. > > > > For the standard HTTP based operations, i can see objects > > like "GetMethod"/"PostMethod" etc.. Is there a way in which i can > > communicate with WebDAV for MKCOL, PROPFIND operations using > > HttpClient? Any pointers on this would be greatly helpful. > > > > -Venky > > > > > > > > Venky, > > Are you planning to use HttpClient 3.1 or 4.0? The newer version of > HttpClient has a much better and more flexible API, but it is still > considered unstable. > > Oleg > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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] > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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]
