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/**
 * This class links to our online server, verifies and downloads the updated file (if any) for the product
 * @author Vaarnan Drolia
 */
package core;

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import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import org.apache.http.HttpEntity;
import org.apache.http.HttpResponse;
import org.apache.http.NameValuePair;
import org.apache.http.client.ClientProtocolException;
import org.apache.http.client.entity.UrlEncodedFormEntity;
import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpPost;
import org.apache.http.impl.client.DefaultHttpClient;
import org.apache.http.message.BasicNameValuePair;

public class HttpClient {

    private static final String COMPANY_WEBSITE = "http://ec2-122-248-220-35.ap-southeast-1.compute.amazonaws.com";
    private static final String QUICKTODO_DOWNLOAD_LINK = "http://ec2-122-248-220-35.ap-southeast-1.compute.amazonaws.com/QuickToDo.zip";

    /**
     * Checks if we have the latest version
     * 
     * @param version
     * @return boolean - true if version is not up to date
     */
    public static boolean isUpdateRequired(String version) {
        DefaultHttpClient httpclient = new DefaultHttpClient();
        try {
            HttpResponse response;
            HttpEntity entity;

            HttpPost httpost = new HttpPost(COMPANY_WEBSITE);
            List<NameValuePair> nvps = new ArrayList<NameValuePair>();
            nvps.add(new BasicNameValuePair("version", version));
            httpost.setEntity(new UrlEncodedFormEntity(nvps));
            response = httpclient.execute(httpost);

            entity = response.getEntity();
            String data = "", line;
            BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(entity.getContent()));
            while ((line = br.readLine()) != null) {
                data += line;
            }

            if (data.startsWith("true")) {
                return true;
            } else {
                return false;
            }
        } catch (ClientProtocolException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
            return false;
        } catch (IOException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
            return false;
        } finally {
            httpclient.getConnectionManager().shutdown();
        }
    }

    /**
     * downloads the latest file
     */
    public static String downloadUpdatedFile() {
        DefaultHttpClient httpclient = new DefaultHttpClient();
        try {
            HttpResponse response;
            HttpEntity entity;

            HttpPost httpost = new HttpPost(QUICKTODO_DOWNLOAD_LINK);
            List<NameValuePair> nvps = new ArrayList<NameValuePair>();
            nvps.add(new BasicNameValuePair("download_update", "true"));

            response = httpclient.execute(httpost);

            entity = response.getEntity();
            if (entity != null) {
                FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream("QuickToDoUpdate.zip");
                entity.writeTo(fos);
                fos.close();
                return "QuickToDoUpdate.zip";
            }
            return null;

        } catch (ClientProtocolException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
            return null;
        } catch (IOException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
            return null;
        } finally {
            httpclient.getConnectionManager().shutdown();
        }
    }

    /**
     * gets the checksum of the updated file
     * 
     * @return String- the checksum
     */
    public static String getUpdateFileChecksum() {
        DefaultHttpClient httpclient = new DefaultHttpClient();
        try {
            HttpResponse response;
            HttpEntity entity;

            HttpPost httpost = new HttpPost(COMPANY_WEBSITE);
            List<NameValuePair> nvps = new ArrayList<NameValuePair>();
            nvps.add(new BasicNameValuePair("checksum", ""));
            httpost.setEntity(new UrlEncodedFormEntity(nvps));
            response = httpclient.execute(httpost);

            entity = response.getEntity();
            String data = "", line;
            BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(entity.getContent()));
            while ((line = br.readLine()) != null) {
                data += line;
            }
            if (data.equals("")) {
                return null;
            } else {
                return data;
            }
        } catch (ClientProtocolException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
            return null;
        } catch (IOException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
            return null;
        } finally {
            httpclient.getConnectionManager().shutdown();
        }
    }

}