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/*
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package org.springframework.remoting.httpinvoker;

import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;

import org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpClient;
import org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpException;
import org.apache.commons.httpclient.MultiThreadedHttpConnectionManager;
import org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods.PostMethod;

import org.springframework.remoting.support.RemoteInvocationResult;

/**
 * HttpInvokerRequestExecutor implementation that uses
 * <a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/commons/httpclient">Jakarta Commons HttpClient</a>
 * to execute POST requests. Compatible with Commons HttpClient 2.0 and 3.0.
 *
 * <p>Allows to use a preconfigured HttpClient instance, potentially
 * with authentication, HTTP connection pooling, etc. Also designed
 * for easy subclassing, customizing specific template methods.
 *
 * @author Juergen Hoeller
 * @since 1.1
 * @see SimpleHttpInvokerRequestExecutor
 */
public class CommonsHttpInvokerRequestExecutor extends AbstractHttpInvokerRequestExecutor {

    private HttpClient httpClient;

    /**
     * Create a new CommonsHttpInvokerRequestExecutor with a default
     * HttpClient that uses a default MultiThreadedHttpConnectionManager.
     * @see org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpClient
     * @see org.apache.commons.httpclient.MultiThreadedHttpConnectionManager
     */
    public CommonsHttpInvokerRequestExecutor() {
        this.httpClient = new HttpClient(new MultiThreadedHttpConnectionManager());
    }

    /**
     * Create a new CommonsHttpInvokerRequestExecutor with the given
     * HttpClient instance.
     * @param httpClient the HttpClient instance to use for this request executor
     */
    public CommonsHttpInvokerRequestExecutor(HttpClient httpClient) {
        this.httpClient = httpClient;
    }

    /**
     * Set the HttpClient instance to use for this request executor.
     */
    public void setHttpClient(HttpClient httpClient) {
        this.httpClient = httpClient;
    }

    /**
     * Return the HttpClient instance that this request executor uses.
     */
    public HttpClient getHttpClient() {
        return httpClient;
    }

    /**
     * Execute the given request through Commons HttpClient.
     * <p>This method implements the basic processing workflow:
     * The actual work happens in this class's template methods.
     * @see #createPostMethod
     * @see #setRequestBody
     * @see #executePostMethod
     * @see #validateResponse
     * @see #getResponseBody
     */
    protected RemoteInvocationResult doExecuteRequest(HttpInvokerClientConfiguration config,
            ByteArrayOutputStream baos) throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException {

        PostMethod postMethod = createPostMethod(config);
        try {
            setRequestBody(config, postMethod, baos);
            executePostMethod(config, getHttpClient(), postMethod);
            validateResponse(config, postMethod);
            InputStream responseBody = getResponseBody(config, postMethod);
            return readRemoteInvocationResult(responseBody, config.getCodebaseUrl());
        } finally {
            // Need to explicitly release because it might be pooled.
            postMethod.releaseConnection();
        }
    }

    /**
     * Create a PostMethod for the given configuration.
     * <p>The default implementation creates a standard PostMethod with
     * "application/x-java-serialized-object" as "Content-Type" header.
     * @param config the HTTP invoker configuration that specifies the
     * target service
     * @return the PostMethod instance
     * @throws IOException if thrown by I/O methods
     */
    protected PostMethod createPostMethod(HttpInvokerClientConfiguration config) throws IOException {
        PostMethod postMethod = new PostMethod(config.getServiceUrl());
        postMethod.setRequestHeader(HTTP_HEADER_CONTENT_TYPE, CONTENT_TYPE_SERIALIZED_OBJECT);
        return postMethod;
    }

    /**
     * Set the given serialized remote invocation as request body.
     * <p>The default implementation simply sets the serialized invocation
     * as the PostMethod's request body. This can be overridden, for example,
     * to write a specific encoding and potentially set appropriate HTTP
     * request headers.
     * @param config the HTTP invoker configuration that specifies the target service
     * @param postMethod the PostMethod to set the request body on
     * @param baos the ByteArrayOutputStream that contains the serialized
     * RemoteInvocation object
     * @throws IOException if thrown by I/O methods
     * @see org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods.PostMethod#setRequestBody(java.io.InputStream)
     * @see org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods.PostMethod#setRequestEntity
     * @see org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods.InputStreamRequestEntity
     */
    protected void setRequestBody(HttpInvokerClientConfiguration config, PostMethod postMethod,
            ByteArrayOutputStream baos) throws IOException {

        // Need to call setRequestBody for compatibility with Commons HttpClient 2.0
        postMethod.setRequestBody(new ByteArrayInputStream(baos.toByteArray()));
    }

    /**
     * Execute the given PostMethod instance.
     * @param config the HTTP invoker configuration that specifies the target service
     * @param httpClient the HttpClient to execute on
     * @param postMethod the PostMethod to execute
     * @throws IOException if thrown by I/O methods
     * @see org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpClient#executeMethod(org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpMethod)
     */
    protected void executePostMethod(HttpInvokerClientConfiguration config, HttpClient httpClient,
            PostMethod postMethod) throws IOException {

        httpClient.executeMethod(postMethod);
    }

    /**
     * Validate the given response as contained in the PostMethod object,
     * throwing an exception if it does not correspond to a successful HTTP response.
     * <p>Default implementation rejects any HTTP status code beyond 2xx, to avoid
     * parsing the response body and trying to deserialize from a corrupted stream.
     * @param config the HTTP invoker configuration that specifies the target service
     * @param postMethod the executed PostMethod to validate
     * @throws IOException if validation failed
     * @see org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods.PostMethod#getStatusCode()
     * @see org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpException
     */
    protected void validateResponse(HttpInvokerClientConfiguration config, PostMethod postMethod)
            throws IOException {

        if (postMethod.getStatusCode() >= 300) {
            throw new HttpException("Did not receive successful HTTP response: status code = "
                    + postMethod.getStatusCode() + ", status message = [" + postMethod.getStatusText() + "]");
        }
    }

    /**
     * Extract the response body from the given executed remote invocation
     * request.
     * <p>The default implementation simply fetches the PostMethod's response
     * body stream. This can be overridden, for example, to check for GZIP
     * response encoding and wrap the returned InputStream in a GZIPInputStream.
     * @param config the HTTP invoker configuration that specifies the target service
     * @param postMethod the PostMethod to read the response body from
     * @return an InputStream for the response body
     * @throws IOException if thrown by I/O methods
     * @see org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods.PostMethod#getResponseBodyAsStream()
     * @see org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods.PostMethod#getResponseHeader(String)
     */
    protected InputStream getResponseBody(HttpInvokerClientConfiguration config, PostMethod postMethod)
            throws IOException {

        return postMethod.getResponseBodyAsStream();
    }

}