Android Http Client Usage To Access JSON Service

AndroidHttpClientUsage.java

DefaultHttpClient client = new DefaultHttpClient();
// http get request
HttpGet request = new HttpGet(EMPLOYEE_SERVICE_URI + evEmployeeId.getText());
// set the hedear to get the data in JSON formate
request.setHeader("Accept", "application/json");
request.setHeader("Content-type", "application/json");
// get the response
HttpResponse response = client.execute(request);
HttpEntity entity = response.getEntity();
// if entity contect lenght 0, means no employee exist in the system with these code
if (entity.getContentLength() != 0) {
	// stream reader object
	Reader employeeReader = new InputStreamReader(response.getEntity()
			.getContent());
	// create a buffer to fill if from reader
	char[] buffer = new char[(int) response.getEntity()
			.getContentLength()];
	// fill the buffer by the help of reader
	employeeReader.read(buffer);
	// close the reader streams
	employeeReader.close();
	// for the employee json object
	JSONObject employee = new JSONObject(new String(buffer));
}