JAX-RS 1.0 Client examples - Apache HTTPClient

jax-rs apache

package i.am.koman.wsclients;

import org.apache.http.HttpResponse;
import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpGet;
import org.apache.http.impl.client.DefaultHttpClient;
import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;

public class ApacheHTTP_Client {

    public static void main(String args[]) throws Exception {

        callApacheHTTPClient();
    }

    private static void callApacheHTTPClient() throws IOException {

        DefaultHttpClient client = new DefaultHttpClient();
        HttpGet request = new HttpGet("http://<IP Address>:8080/<path-to-rest-service>/go");
        request.addHeader("accept", MediaType.TEXT_PLAIN);
        HttpResponse response = client.execute(request);
        
        if (response.getStatusLine().getStatusCode() != 200) {
            System.out.println("BIG APACHE HTTPCLIENT ERROR");
        } else {
            System.out.println("APACHE HTTPCLIENT HAPPY DAYS");
            BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(
                    new InputStreamReader((response.getEntity().getContent())));
            String output;
            while ((output = br.readLine()) != null) {
                System.out.println(output);
            }
        }
        client.getConnectionManager().shutdown();
    }
}

//MAVEN dependencies
<dependency>
    <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
    <artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
    <version>4.1.1</version>
</dependency>