Generic function to create HTTP Request for consuming REST interface using Java and Spring

gistfile1.txt

//Utility for sending a HTTP request to an API interface regardless of parameters.
//Used this in a situation where a collection of different requests needed to be made and their result captured.

import org.springframework.http.HttpEntity;
import org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity;
import org.codehaus.jackson.map.ObjectMapper;  //Can be used to map result to POJO
import org.json.JSONObject;

public void doRequest(ApiCall apiCall){
        //ApiCall is just a custom wrapper class to hold all parameters for a specific API transaction that needs to occur.
        
        HttpEntity<JSONObject> httpEntity = new HttpEntity<>(apiCall.getBodyParameters());
        ResponseEntity<JSONObject> x = restTemplate.exchange(apiCall.getURL(), apiCall.getHttpMethod(),httpEntity, JSONObject.class);
        return x.getBody();
}