Oleg, I guess in my case it is not repeatable since in writeRequest(OutputStream), I need to get the business data and send them to the OutputStream uninterrupted.
Thank you very much for the help. On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 5:41 PM, Oleg Kalnichevski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 2008-09-17 at 17:35 -0400, Zhaohua Meng wrote: >> Oleg, >> >> Thanks for the pointer. I implemented the RequestEntity and the >> streaming is working fine if I know the content length. However the >> content is generated dynamically from business data. As is specified >> in the RequestEntity, my getContentLength() returns -1. However I'm >> getting the following exception. Do I need to implement anything else? >> >> Thanks, >> > > If the content is repeatable, that is, it can be reliably generated by > the entity more than once, the entity should indicate so by returning > true from RequestEntity#isRepeatable(). > > If the content is not repeatable, then the request enclosing such entity > cannot be retried for obvious reasons. > > Hope this helps > > Oleg > > > >> >> Sep 17, 2008 5:23:47 PM >> org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpMethodDirector executeWithRetry >> INFO: I/O exception >> (org.apache.commons.httpclient.NoHttpResponseException) caught when >> processing request: The server www.apache.org failed to respond >> Sep 17, 2008 5:23:47 PM >> org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpMethodDirector executeWithRetry >> INFO: Retrying request >> org.apache.commons.httpclient.ProtocolException: Unbuffered entity >> enclosing request can not be repeated. >> at >> org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods.EntityEnclosingMethod.writeRequestBody(EntityEnclosingMethod.java:487) >> at >> org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpMethodBase.writeRequest(HttpMethodBase.java:2114) >> at >> org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpMethodBase.execute(HttpMethodBase.java:1096) >> at >> org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpMethodDirector.executeWithRetry(HttpMethodDirector.java:398) >> 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) >> at >> com.cgsh.poc.httpclient.ProxyAuthenticationTest.doHttpClient(ProxyAuthenticationTest.java:36) >> at >> com.cgsh.poc.httpclient.ProxyAuthenticationTest.main(ProxyAuthenticationTest.java:26) >> >> >> On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 1:56 PM, Oleg Kalnichevski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > On Wed, 2008-09-17 at 00:20 -0400, Zhaohua Meng wrote: >> >> I have code snippet like the following. After establishing a >> >> connection, I need to steam content from database as post body. How do >> >> I get a OutputStream from either HttpClient or PostMethod? With >> >> java.net.URL I can use openConnection().getOutputStream(). However I >> >> want to leverage the nice features of HttpCleint. In the following >> >> code, I want to call the writeContent() method which should get huge >> >> data from database. >> >> >> > >> > Zhaohua, >> > >> > You need to implement a custom RequestEntity >> > >> > http://hc.apache.org/httpclient-3.x/apidocs/org/apache/commons/httpclient/methods/RequestEntity.html >> > >> > You can use the FileRequestEntity class shipped with HttpClient 3.1 as >> > an example >> > >> > http://hc.apache.org/httpclient-3.x/xref/org/apache/commons/httpclient/methods/FileRequestEntity.html >> > >> > Hope this helps >> > >> > Oleg >> > >> > >> >> Any help is appreciated. >> >> >> >> public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { >> >> HttpClient client = new HttpClient(); >> >> PostMethod post = new >> >> PostMethod("http://myhost/service/consumer";); >> >> try { >> >> //how to get a OutputStream to write my content? >> >> >> >> int status = client.executeMethod(post); >> >> >> >> System.out.println(post.getResponseBodyAsString()); >> >> } finally { >> >> post.releaseConnection(); >> >> } >> >> } >> >> public static void writeContent(OutputStream out) throws >> >> IOException { >> >> //data will be generated from database. >> >> out.write("<data><value>this</value></data>".getBytes()); >> >> } >> >> } >> >> >> > >> > >> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > 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] > > -- Zhaohua Meng [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
