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Class PostTask

public class PostTask extends Task

This task does an http post. Name/value pairs for the post can be set in either or both of two ways, by nested Prop elements and/or by a file containing properties. Nested Prop elements are automatically configured by Ant. Properties from a file are configured by code borrowed from Property so all Ant property constructs (like ${somename}) are resolved prior to the post. This means that a file can be set up in advance of running the build and the appropriate property values will be filled in at run time.

Version: $Revision: 1.9 $

Author: Dale Anson, danson@germane-software.com

Nested Class Summary
classPostTask.Cookie
Represents a cookie.
Method Summary
voidaddConfiguredProp(Prop p)
Adds a name/value pair to post.
voidaddText(String text)
Adds a feature to the Text attribute of the PostTask object
voidexecute()
Do the post.
voidsetAppend(boolean b)
Should the log file be appended to or overwritten?
voidsetEncoding(String encoding)
Sets the encoding of the outgoing properties, default is UTF-8.
voidsetFailonerror(boolean fail)
Should the build fail if the post fails?
voidsetFile(File f)
Set the name of a file to read a set of properties from.
voidsetLogfile(File f)
Set the name of a file to save the response to.
voidsetMaxwait(int wait)
How long to wait on the remote server.
voidsetProperty(String name)
Set the name of a property to save the response to.
voidsetTo(URL name)
Set the url to post to.
voidsetVerbose(boolean b)
If true, progress messages and returned data from the post will be displayed.
voidsetWantresponse(boolean b)
Default is true, get the response from the post.

Method Detail

addConfiguredProp

public void addConfiguredProp(Prop p)
Adds a name/value pair to post. Optional.

Parameters: p A property pair to send as part of the post.

Throws: BuildException When name and/or value are missing.

addText

public void addText(String text)
Adds a feature to the Text attribute of the PostTask object

Parameters: text The feature to be added to the Text attribute

execute

public void execute()
Do the post.

Throws: BuildException On any error.

setAppend

public void setAppend(boolean b)
Should the log file be appended to or overwritten? Default is true, append to the file.

Parameters: b append or not

setEncoding

public void setEncoding(String encoding)
Sets the encoding of the outgoing properties, default is UTF-8.

Parameters: encoding The new encoding value

setFailonerror

public void setFailonerror(boolean fail)
Should the build fail if the post fails?

Parameters: fail true = fail the build, default is false

setFile

public void setFile(File f)
Set the name of a file to read a set of properties from.

Parameters: f the file

setLogfile

public void setLogfile(File f)
Set the name of a file to save the response to. Optional. Ignored if "want response" is false.

Parameters: f the file

setMaxwait

public void setMaxwait(int wait)
How long to wait on the remote server. As a post is generally a two part process (sending and receiving), maxwait is applied separately to each part, that is, if 180 is passed as the wait parameter, this task will spend at most 3 minutes to connect to the remote server and at most another 3 minutes waiting on a response after the post has been sent. This means that the wait period could total as much as 6 minutes (or 360 seconds).

The default wait period is 3 minutes (180 seconds).

Parameters: wait time to wait in seconds, set to 0 to wait forever.

setProperty

public void setProperty(String name)
Set the name of a property to save the response to. Optional. Ignored if "wantResponse" is false.

Parameters: name the name to use for the property

setTo

public void setTo(URL name)
Set the url to post to. Required.

Parameters: name the url to post to.

setVerbose

public void setVerbose(boolean b)
If true, progress messages and returned data from the post will be displayed. Default is true.

Parameters: b true = verbose

setWantresponse

public void setWantresponse(boolean b)
Default is true, get the response from the post. Can be set to false for "fire and forget" messages.

Parameters: b print/log server response