Java tutorial
/** * Copyright (C) 2016 Marc Adolf, Arnd Plumhoff (http://www.pubflow.uni-kiel.de/) * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ package de.pubflow.server.core.restConnection; import org.apache.http.HttpResponse; import org.apache.http.client.HttpClient; import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpPost; import org.apache.http.entity.ContentType; import org.apache.http.entity.StringEntity; import org.apache.http.impl.client.HttpClientBuilder; import org.slf4j.Logger; import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory; import com.google.gson.Gson; import de.pubflow.server.common.exceptions.WFRestException; import de.pubflow.server.core.rest.messages.WorkflowRestCall; /** * The WorkflowSender is responsible for the outgoing communication with the * Workflow engine. * * @author Marc Adolf * */ public class WorkflowSender { /** * Sends a post request to the Workflow engine to use a certain Workflow * specified through the given path. * * @param wfCall * The message with all necessary informations to create a new * Workflow * @param workflowPath * The path for the specific Workflow to be used. * @throws WFRestException * if the connection responses with a HTTP response code other * than 2xx */ public static void initWorkflow(WorkflowRestCall wfCall, String workflowPath) throws WFRestException { Logger myLogger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(WorkflowSender.class); myLogger.info("Trying to use workflow on: " + workflowPath); Gson gson = new Gson(); HttpClient httpClient = HttpClientBuilder.create().build(); HttpPost post = new HttpPost(workflowPath); HttpResponse response = null; try { StringEntity postingString = new StringEntity(gson.toJson(wfCall), ContentType.APPLICATION_JSON); post.setEntity(postingString); post.setHeader("Content-type", "application/json;charset=utf-8"); response = httpClient.execute(post); System.out.println(post.getURI()); myLogger.info("Http response: " + response.toString()); } catch (Exception e) { myLogger.error("Could not deploy new Workflow with ID: " + wfCall.getID()); myLogger.error(e.toString()); throw new WFRestException("Workflow could not be started"); } if (response.getStatusLine().getStatusCode() >= 300) { throw new WFRestException( "The called WorkflowService send status code: " + response.getStatusLine().getStatusCode() + " and error: " + response.getStatusLine().getReasonPhrase()); } } }