Simple Get Request to a Specified Host and Port

            import com.sap.httpclient.HttpClient;
import com.sap.httpclient.HostConfiguration;
import com.sap.httpclient.http.methods.GET;

/**
 * This example makes a direct get request to a specified host & port, and
 * prints the response
 * 
 */
public class SimpleExample1 {
        public static void main(String[] args) {
                try {
                        // getting the host and port from the arguments
                        String host = args[0];
                        int port = Integer.parseInt(args[1]);

                        // creating the host configuration
                        HostConfiguration hostConfig = new HostConfiguration(host, port);

                        // creating the http client instance
                        HttpClient client = new HttpClient();

                        // setting the host configuration to the client
                        client.setHostConfiguration(hostConfig);

                        // creating the get method instance
                        GET httpGet = new GET();

                        try {
                                // executing the method
                                client.executeMethod(httpGet);

                                // showing the response
                                System.out.println("RESPONSE : ");
                                System.out.println(httpGet.getResponseBodyAsString());
                        } finally { // we will not use the 
                     // connection any more so we release it
                                httpGet.releaseConnection();
                        }
                } catch (Exception e) {
                        e.printStackTrace();
                        System.out.println("USSAGE : java SimpleExample1 <http host> <http port>");
                }
        }
}