Java URLConnection Create createConnection(final URL url, final String authValue)

Description

Creates a new HTTP connection to the specified server.

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
url	URI to connec to
authValue	authetication value if available

Return

a new HTTP connection

Declaration

private static HttpURLConnection createConnection(final URL url,
        final String authValue) throws Exception 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
import java.net.URL;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Creates a new HTTP connection to the specified server.
     *
     * @param   url         URI to connec to
     * @param   authValue   authetication value if available
     * @return  a new HTTP connection
     */
    private static HttpURLConnection createConnection(final URL url,
            final String authValue) throws Exception {

        final HttpURLConnection connection = (HttpURLConnection) url
                .openConnection();

        connection.setConnectTimeout(0);
        connection.setReadTimeout(0);
        connection.setRequestMethod("GET");
        connection.setRequestProperty("Authorization", authValue);
        connection.setDoOutput(true);

        return connection;
    }
}

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