001 /* 002 * Copyright 1999-2002,2004 The Apache Software Foundation. 003 * 004 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 005 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 006 * You may obtain a copy of the License at 007 * 008 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 009 * 010 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 011 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 012 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 013 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 014 * limitations under the License. 015 */ 016 package org.apache.commons.latka.http; 017 018 import java.net.URL; 019 020 import org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpMethod; 021 import org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods.GetMethod; 022 import org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods.PostMethod; 023 import org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods.HeadMethod; 024 025 /** 026 * This factory provides a single point to obtain 027 * implementations of HttpMethod base. 028 * 029 * @version $Revision $ 030 */ 031 public final class MethodFactory { 032 033 /** 034 * Private default constructor 035 */ 036 private MethodFactory() { 037 } 038 039 /** 040 * Creates and returns an object implementing the 041 * HttpMethod interface. 042 * 043 * @param method - method type to create 044 * @return HttpMethod instance 045 */ 046 public static HttpMethod getInstance(int method, URL url) { 047 HttpMethod httpMethod = null; 048 switch (method) { 049 case Request.HTTP_METHOD_GET: 050 httpMethod = new GetMethod(url.getPath()); 051 break; 052 case Request.HTTP_METHOD_POST: 053 httpMethod = new PostMethod(url.getPath()); 054 break; 055 case Request.HTTP_METHOD_HEAD: 056 httpMethod = new HeadMethod(url.getPath()); 057 break; 058 default: 059 throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unsupported HTTP Method"); 060 } 061 return httpMethod; 062 } 063 } 064