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  package org.apache.commons.httpclient;
  
  import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
  import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
  import java.io.IOException;
  import java.io.InputStream;
  import java.io.InterruptedIOException;
  import java.util.Collection;
  
  import org.apache.commons.httpclient.auth.AuthState;
  import org.apache.commons.httpclient.cookie.CookiePolicy;
  import org.apache.commons.httpclient.cookie.CookieSpec;
  import org.apache.commons.httpclient.cookie.MalformedCookieException;
  import org.apache.commons.httpclient.params.HttpMethodParams;
  import org.apache.commons.httpclient.protocol.Protocol;
  import org.apache.commons.httpclient.util.EncodingUtil;
  import org.apache.commons.httpclient.util.ExceptionUtil;
  import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
  import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
  
  /***
   * An abstract base implementation of HttpMethod.
   * <p>
   * At minimum, subclasses will need to override:
   * <ul>
   *   <li>{@link #getName} to return the approriate name for this method
   *   </li>
   * </ul>
   * </p>
   *
   * <p>
   * When a method requires additional request headers, subclasses will typically
   * want to override:
   * <ul>
   *   <li>{@link #addRequestHeaders addRequestHeaders(HttpState,HttpConnection)}
   *      to write those headers
   *   </li>
   * </ul>
   * </p>
   *
   * <p>
   * When a method expects specific response headers, subclasses may want to
   * override:
   * <ul>
   *   <li>{@link #processResponseHeaders processResponseHeaders(HttpState,HttpConnection)}
   *     to handle those headers
   *   </li>
   * </ul>
   * </p>
   *
   *
   * @author <a href="mailto:remm@apache.org">Remy Maucherat</a>
   * @author Rodney Waldhoff
   * @author Sean C. Sullivan
   * @author <a href="mailto:dion@apache.org">dIon Gillard</a>
   * @author <a href="mailto:jsdever@apache.org">Jeff Dever</a>
   * @author <a href="mailto:dims@apache.org">Davanum Srinivas</a>
   * @author Ortwin Glueck
   * @author Eric Johnson
   * @author Michael Becke
   * @author <a href="mailto:oleg@ural.ru">Oleg Kalnichevski</a>
   * @author <a href="mailto:mbowler@GargoyleSoftware.com">Mike Bowler</a>
   * @author <a href="mailto:ggregory@seagullsw.com">Gary Gregory</a>
   * @author Christian Kohlschuetter
   *
   * @version $Revision: 345322 $ $Date: 2005-11-17 15:20:08 -0500 (Thu, 17 Nov 2005) $
   */
  public abstract class HttpMethodBase implements HttpMethod {
  
      // -------------------------------------------------------------- Constants
 
     /*** Log object for this class. */
     private static final Log LOG = LogFactory.getLog(HttpMethodBase.class);
 
     // ----------------------------------------------------- Instance variables 
 
     /*** Request headers, if any. */
     private HeaderGroup requestHeaders = new HeaderGroup();
 
     /*** The Status-Line from the response. */
     private StatusLine statusLine = null;
 
     /*** Response headers, if any. */
     private HeaderGroup responseHeaders = new HeaderGroup();
 
     /*** Response trailer headers, if any. */
     private HeaderGroup responseTrailerHeaders = new HeaderGroup();
 
     /*** Path of the HTTP method. */
     private String path = null;
 
     /*** Query string of the HTTP method, if any. */
     private String queryString = null;
 
     /*** The response body of the HTTP method, assuming it has not be 
      * intercepted by a sub-class. */
     private InputStream responseStream = null;
 
     /*** The connection that the response stream was read from. */
     private HttpConnection responseConnection = null;
 
     /*** Buffer for the response */
     private byte[] responseBody = null;
 
     /*** True if the HTTP method should automatically follow HTTP redirects.*/
     private boolean followRedirects = false;
 
     /*** True if the HTTP method should automatically handle
     *  HTTP authentication challenges. */
     private boolean doAuthentication = true;
 
     /*** HTTP protocol parameters. */
     private HttpMethodParams params = new HttpMethodParams();
 
     /*** Host authentication state */
     private AuthState hostAuthState = new AuthState();
 
     /*** Proxy authentication state */
     private AuthState proxyAuthState = new AuthState();
 
     /*** True if this method has already been executed. */
     private boolean used = false;
 
     /*** Count of how many times did this HTTP method transparently handle 
     * a recoverable exception. */
     private int recoverableExceptionCount = 0;
 
     /*** the host for this HTTP method, can be null */
     private HttpHost httphost = null;
 
     /***
      * Handles method retries
      * 
      * @deprecated no loner used
      */
     private MethodRetryHandler methodRetryHandler;
 
     /*** True if the connection must be closed when no longer needed */
     private boolean connectionCloseForced = false;
 
     /*** Number of milliseconds to wait for 100-contunue response. */
     private static final int RESPONSE_WAIT_TIME_MS = 3000;
 
     /*** HTTP protocol version used for execution of this method. */
     private HttpVersion effectiveVersion = null;
 
     /*** Whether the execution of this method has been aborted */
     private transient boolean aborted = false;
 
     /*** Whether the HTTP request has been transmitted to the target
      * server it its entirety */
     private boolean requestSent = false;
     
     /*** Actual cookie policy */
     private CookieSpec cookiespec = null;
 
     /*** Default initial size of the response buffer if content length is unknown. */
     private static final int DEFAULT_INITIAL_BUFFER_SIZE = 4*1024; // 4 kB
     
     // ----------------------------------------------------------- Constructors
 
     /***
      * No-arg constructor.
      */
     public HttpMethodBase() {
     }
 
     /***
      * Constructor specifying a URI.
      * It is responsibility of the caller to ensure that URI elements
      * (path & query parameters) are properly encoded (URL safe).
      *
      * @param uri either an absolute or relative URI. The URI is expected
      *            to be URL-encoded
      * 
      * @throws IllegalArgumentException when URI is invalid
      * @throws IllegalStateException when protocol of the absolute URI is not recognised
      */
     public HttpMethodBase(String uri) 
         throws IllegalArgumentException, IllegalStateException {
 
         try {
 
             // create a URI and allow for null/empty uri values
             if (uri == null || uri.equals("")) {
                 uri = "/";
             }
             setURI(new URI(uri, true));
         } catch (URIException e) {
             throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid uri '" 
                 + uri + "': " + e.getMessage() 
             );
         }
     }
 
     // ------------------------------------------- Property Setters and Getters
 
     /***
      * Obtains the name of the HTTP method as used in the HTTP request line,
      * for example <tt>"GET"</tt> or <tt>"POST"</tt>.
      * 
      * @return the name of this method
      */
     public abstract String getName();
 
     /***
      * Returns the URI of the HTTP method
      * 
      * @return The URI
      * 
      * @throws URIException If the URI cannot be created.
      * 
      * @see org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpMethod#getURI()
      */
     public URI getURI() throws URIException {
         StringBuffer buffer = new StringBuffer();
         if (this.httphost != null) {
             buffer.append(this.httphost.getProtocol().getScheme());
             buffer.append("://");
             buffer.append(this.httphost.getHostName());
             int port = this.httphost.getPort();
             if (port != -1 && port != this.httphost.getProtocol().getDefaultPort()) {
                 buffer.append(":");
                 buffer.append(port);
             }
         }
         buffer.append(this.path);
         if (this.queryString != null) {
             buffer.append('?');
             buffer.append(this.queryString);
         }
         return new URI(buffer.toString(), true);
     }
 
     /***
      * Sets the URI for this method. 
      * 
      * @param uri URI to be set 
      * 
      * @throws URIException if a URI cannot be set
      * 
      * @since 3.0
      */
     public void setURI(URI uri) throws URIException {
         // only set the host if specified by the URI
         if (uri.isAbsoluteURI()) {
             this.httphost = new HttpHost(uri);
         }
         // set the path, defaulting to root
         setPath(
             uri.getPath() == null
             ? "/"
             : uri.getEscapedPath()
         );
         setQueryString(uri.getEscapedQuery());
     } 
 
     /***
      * Sets whether or not the HTTP method should automatically follow HTTP redirects 
      * (status code 302, etc.)
      * 
      * @param followRedirects <tt>true</tt> if the method will automatically follow redirects,
      * <tt>false</tt> otherwise.
      */
     public void setFollowRedirects(boolean followRedirects) {
         this.followRedirects = followRedirects;
     }
 
     /***
      * Returns <tt>true</tt> if the HTTP method should automatically follow HTTP redirects 
      * (status code 302, etc.), <tt>false</tt> otherwise.
      * 
      * @return <tt>true</tt> if the method will automatically follow HTTP redirects, 
      * <tt>false</tt> otherwise.
      */
     public boolean getFollowRedirects() {
         return this.followRedirects;
     }
 
     /*** Sets whether version 1.1 of the HTTP protocol should be used per default.
      *
      * @param http11 <tt>true</tt> to use HTTP/1.1, <tt>false</tt> to use 1.0
      * 
      * @deprecated Use {@link HttpMethodParams#setVersion(HttpVersion)}
      */
     public void setHttp11(boolean http11) {
         if (http11) {
             this.params.setVersion(HttpVersion.HTTP_1_1);
         } else {
             this.params.setVersion(HttpVersion.HTTP_1_0);
         } 
     }
 
     /***
      * Returns <tt>true</tt> if the HTTP method should automatically handle HTTP 
      * authentication challenges (status code 401, etc.), <tt>false</tt> otherwise
      *
      * @return <tt>true</tt> if authentication challenges will be processed 
      * automatically, <tt>false</tt> otherwise.
      * 
      * @since 2.0
      */
     public boolean getDoAuthentication() {
         return doAuthentication;
     }
 
     /***
      * Sets whether or not the HTTP method should automatically handle HTTP 
      * authentication challenges (status code 401, etc.)
      *
      * @param doAuthentication <tt>true</tt> to process authentication challenges
      * authomatically, <tt>false</tt> otherwise.
      * 
      * @since 2.0
      */
     public void setDoAuthentication(boolean doAuthentication) {
         this.doAuthentication = doAuthentication;
     }
 
     // ---------------------------------------------- Protected Utility Methods
 
     /***
      * Returns <tt>true</tt> if version 1.1 of the HTTP protocol should be 
      * used per default, <tt>false</tt> if version 1.0 should be used.
      *
      * @return <tt>true</tt> to use HTTP/1.1, <tt>false</tt> to use 1.0
      * 
      * @deprecated Use {@link HttpMethodParams#getVersion()}
      */
     public boolean isHttp11() {
         return this.params.getVersion().equals(HttpVersion.HTTP_1_1);
     }
 
     /***
      * Sets the path of the HTTP method.
      * It is responsibility of the caller to ensure that the path is
      * properly encoded (URL safe).
      *
      * @param path the path of the HTTP method. The path is expected
      *        to be URL-encoded
      */
     public void setPath(String path) {
         this.path = path;
     }
 
     /***
      * Adds the specified request header, NOT overwriting any previous value.
      * Note that header-name matching is case insensitive.
      *
      * @param header the header to add to the request
      */
     public void addRequestHeader(Header header) {
         LOG.trace("HttpMethodBase.addRequestHeader(Header)");
 
         if (header == null) {
             LOG.debug("null header value ignored");
         } else {
             getRequestHeaderGroup().addHeader(header);
         }
     }
 
     /***
      * Use this method internally to add footers.
      * 
      * @param footer The footer to add.
      */
     public void addResponseFooter(Header footer) {
         getResponseTrailerHeaderGroup().addHeader(footer);
     }
 
     /***
      * Gets the path of this HTTP method.
      * Calling this method <em>after</em> the request has been executed will 
      * return the <em>actual</em> path, following any redirects automatically
      * handled by this HTTP method.
      *
      * @return the path to request or "/" if the path is blank.
      */
     public String getPath() {
         return (path == null || path.equals("")) ? "/" : path;
     }
 
     /***
      * Sets the query string of this HTTP method. The caller must ensure that the string 
      * is properly URL encoded. The query string should not start with the question 
      * mark character.
      *
      * @param queryString the query string
      * 
      * @see EncodingUtil#formUrlEncode(NameValuePair[], String)
      */
     public void setQueryString(String queryString) {
         this.queryString = queryString;
     }
 
     /***
      * Sets the query string of this HTTP method.  The pairs are encoded as UTF-8 characters.  
      * To use a different charset the parameters can be encoded manually using EncodingUtil 
      * and set as a single String.
      *
      * @param params an array of {@link NameValuePair}s to add as query string
      *        parameters. The name/value pairs will be automcatically 
      *        URL encoded
      * 
      * @see EncodingUtil#formUrlEncode(NameValuePair[], String)
      * @see #setQueryString(String)
      */
     public void setQueryString(NameValuePair[] params) {
         LOG.trace("enter HttpMethodBase.setQueryString(NameValuePair[])");
         queryString = EncodingUtil.formUrlEncode(params, "UTF-8");
     }
 
     /***
      * Gets the query string of this HTTP method.
      *
      * @return The query string
      */
     public String getQueryString() {
         return queryString;
     }
 
     /***
      * Set the specified request header, overwriting any previous value. Note
      * that header-name matching is case-insensitive.
      *
      * @param headerName the header's name
      * @param headerValue the header's value
      */
     public void setRequestHeader(String headerName, String headerValue) {
         Header header = new Header(headerName, headerValue);
         setRequestHeader(header);
     }
 
     /***
      * Sets the specified request header, overwriting any previous value.
      * Note that header-name matching is case insensitive.
      * 
      * @param header the header
      */
     public void setRequestHeader(Header header) {
         
         Header[] headers = getRequestHeaderGroup().getHeaders(header.getName());
         
         for (int i = 0; i < headers.length; i++) {
             getRequestHeaderGroup().removeHeader(headers[i]);
         }
         
         getRequestHeaderGroup().addHeader(header);
         
     }
 
     /***
      * Returns the specified request header. Note that header-name matching is
      * case insensitive. <tt>null</tt> will be returned if either
      * <i>headerName</i> is <tt>null</tt> or there is no matching header for
      * <i>headerName</i>.
      * 
      * @param headerName The name of the header to be returned.
      *
      * @return The specified request header.
      * 
      * @since 3.0
      */
     public Header getRequestHeader(String headerName) {
         if (headerName == null) {
             return null;
         } else {
             return getRequestHeaderGroup().getCondensedHeader(headerName);
         }
     }
 
     /***
      * Returns an array of the requests headers that the HTTP method currently has
      *
      * @return an array of my request headers.
      */
     public Header[] getRequestHeaders() {
         return getRequestHeaderGroup().getAllHeaders();
     }
 
     /***
      * @see org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpMethod#getRequestHeaders(java.lang.String)
      */
     public Header[] getRequestHeaders(String headerName) {
         return getRequestHeaderGroup().getHeaders(headerName);
     }
 
     /***
      * Gets the {@link HeaderGroup header group} storing the request headers.
      * 
      * @return a HeaderGroup
      * 
      * @since 2.0beta1
      */
     protected HeaderGroup getRequestHeaderGroup() {
         return requestHeaders;
     }
 
     /***
      * Gets the {@link HeaderGroup header group} storing the response trailer headers 
      * as per RFC 2616 section 3.6.1.
      * 
      * @return a HeaderGroup
      * 
      * @since 2.0beta1
      */
     protected HeaderGroup getResponseTrailerHeaderGroup() {
         return responseTrailerHeaders;
     }
 
     /***
      * Gets the {@link HeaderGroup header group} storing the response headers.
      * 
      * @return a HeaderGroup
      * 
      * @since 2.0beta1
      */
     protected HeaderGroup getResponseHeaderGroup() {
         return responseHeaders;
     }
     
     /***
      * @see org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpMethod#getResponseHeaders(java.lang.String)
      * 
      * @since 3.0
      */
     public Header[] getResponseHeaders(String headerName) {
         return getResponseHeaderGroup().getHeaders(headerName);
     }
 
     /***
      * Returns the response status code.
      *
      * @return the status code associated with the latest response.
      */
     public int getStatusCode() {
         return statusLine.getStatusCode();
     }
 
     /***
      * Provides access to the response status line.
      *
      * @return the status line object from the latest response.
      * @since 2.0
      */
     public StatusLine getStatusLine() {
         return statusLine;
     }
 
     /***
      * Checks if response data is available.
      * @return <tt>true</tt> if response data is available, <tt>false</tt> otherwise.
      */
     private boolean responseAvailable() {
         return (responseBody != null) || (responseStream != null);
     }
 
     /***
      * Returns an array of the response headers that the HTTP method currently has
      * in the order in which they were read.
      *
      * @return an array of response headers.
      */
     public Header[] getResponseHeaders() {
         return getResponseHeaderGroup().getAllHeaders();
     }
 
     /***
      * Gets the response header associated with the given name. Header name
      * matching is case insensitive. <tt>null</tt> will be returned if either
      * <i>headerName</i> is <tt>null</tt> or there is no matching header for
      * <i>headerName</i>.
      *
      * @param headerName the header name to match
      *
      * @return the matching header
      */
     public Header getResponseHeader(String headerName) {        
         if (headerName == null) {
             return null;
         } else {
             return getResponseHeaderGroup().getCondensedHeader(headerName);
         }        
     }
 
 
     /***
      * Return the length (in bytes) of the response body, as specified in a
      * <tt>Content-Length</tt> header.
      *
      * <p>
      * Return <tt>-1</tt> when the content-length is unknown.
      * </p>
      *
      * @return content length, if <tt>Content-Length</tt> header is available. 
      *          <tt>0</tt> indicates that the request has no body.
      *          If <tt>Content-Length</tt> header is not present, the method 
      *          returns  <tt>-1</tt>.
      */
     public long getResponseContentLength() {
         Header[] headers = getResponseHeaderGroup().getHeaders("Content-Length");
         if (headers.length == 0) {
             return -1;
         }
         if (headers.length > 1) {
             LOG.warn("Multiple content-length headers detected");
         }
         for (int i = headers.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
             Header header = headers[i];
             try {
                 return Long.parseLong(header.getValue());
             } catch (NumberFormatException e) {
                 if (LOG.isWarnEnabled()) {
                     LOG.warn("Invalid content-length value: " + e.getMessage());
                 }
             }
             // See if we can have better luck with another header, if present
         }
         return -1;
     }
 
 
     /***
      * Returns the response body of the HTTP method, if any, as an array of bytes.
      * If response body is not available or cannot be read, returns <tt>null</tt>
      * 
      * Note: This will cause the entire response body to be buffered in memory. A
      * malicious server may easily exhaust all the VM memory. It is strongly
      * recommended, to use getResponseAsStream if the content length of the response
      * is unknown or resonably large.
      *  
      * @return The response body.
      * 
      * @throws IOException If an I/O (transport) problem occurs while obtaining the 
      * response body.
      */
     public byte[] getResponseBody() throws IOException {
         if (this.responseBody == null) {
             InputStream instream = getResponseBodyAsStream();
             if (instream != null) {
                 long contentLength = getResponseContentLength();
                 if (contentLength > Integer.MAX_VALUE) { //guard below cast from overflow
                     throw new IOException("Content too large to be buffered: "+ contentLength +" bytes");
                 }
                 int limit = getParams().getIntParameter(HttpMethodParams.BUFFER_WARN_TRIGGER_LIMIT, 1024*1024);
                 if ((contentLength == -1) || (contentLength > limit)) {
                     LOG.warn("Going to buffer response body of large or unknown size. "
                             +"Using getResponseBodyAsStream instead is recommended.");
                 }
                 LOG.debug("Buffering response body");
                 ByteArrayOutputStream outstream = new ByteArrayOutputStream(
                         contentLength > 0 ? (int) contentLength : DEFAULT_INITIAL_BUFFER_SIZE);
                 byte[] buffer = new byte[4096];
                 int len;
                 while ((len = instream.read(buffer)) > 0) {
                     outstream.write(buffer, 0, len);
                 }
                 outstream.close();
                 setResponseStream(null);
                 this.responseBody = outstream.toByteArray();
             }
         }
         return this.responseBody;
     }
 
     /***
      * Returns the response body of the HTTP method, if any, as an {@link InputStream}. 
      * If response body is not available, returns <tt>null</tt>
      * 
      * @return The response body
      * 
      * @throws IOException If an I/O (transport) problem occurs while obtaining the 
      * response body.
      */
     public InputStream getResponseBodyAsStream() throws IOException {
         if (responseStream != null) {
             return responseStream;
         }
         if (responseBody != null) {
             InputStream byteResponseStream = new ByteArrayInputStream(responseBody);
             LOG.debug("re-creating response stream from byte array");
             return byteResponseStream;
         }
         return null;
     }
 
     /***
      * Returns the response body of the HTTP method, if any, as a {@link String}. 
      * If response body is not available or cannot be read, returns <tt>null</tt>
      * The string conversion on the data is done using the character encoding specified
      * in <tt>Content-Type</tt> header.
      * 
      * Note: This will cause the entire response body to be buffered in memory. A
      * malicious server may easily exhaust all the VM memory. It is strongly
      * recommended, to use getResponseAsStream if the content length of the response
      * is unknown or resonably large.
      * 
      * @return The response body.
      * 
      * @throws IOException If an I/O (transport) problem occurs while obtaining the 
      * response body.
      */
     public String getResponseBodyAsString() throws IOException {
         byte[] rawdata = null;
         if (responseAvailable()) {
             rawdata = getResponseBody();
         }
         if (rawdata != null) {
             return EncodingUtil.getString(rawdata, getResponseCharSet());
         } else {
             return null;
         }
     }
 
     /***
      * Returns an array of the response footers that the HTTP method currently has
      * in the order in which they were read.
      *
      * @return an array of footers
      */
     public Header[] getResponseFooters() {
         return getResponseTrailerHeaderGroup().getAllHeaders();
     }
 
     /***
      * Gets the response footer associated with the given name.
      * Footer name matching is case insensitive.
      * <tt>null</tt> will be returned if either <i>footerName</i> is
      * <tt>null</tt> or there is no matching footer for <i>footerName</i>
      * or there are no footers available.  If there are multiple footers
      * with the same name, there values will be combined with the ',' separator
      * as specified by RFC2616.
      * 
      * @param footerName the footer name to match
      * @return the matching footer
      */
     public Header getResponseFooter(String footerName) {
         if (footerName == null) {
             return null;
         } else {
             return getResponseTrailerHeaderGroup().getCondensedHeader(footerName);
         }
     }
 
     /***
      * Sets the response stream.
      * @param responseStream The new response stream.
      */
     protected void setResponseStream(InputStream responseStream) {
         this.responseStream = responseStream;
     }
 
     /***
      * Returns a stream from which the body of the current response may be read.
      * If the method has not yet been executed, if <code>responseBodyConsumed</code>
      * has been called, or if the stream returned by a previous call has been closed,
      * <code>null</code> will be returned.
      *
      * @return the current response stream
      */
     protected InputStream getResponseStream() {
         return responseStream;
     }
     
     /***
      * Returns the status text (or "reason phrase") associated with the latest
      * response.
      * 
      * @return The status text.
      */
     public String getStatusText() {
         return statusLine.getReasonPhrase();
     }
 
     /***
      * Defines how strictly HttpClient follows the HTTP protocol specification  
      * (RFC 2616 and other relevant RFCs). In the strict mode HttpClient precisely
      * implements the requirements of the specification, whereas in non-strict mode 
      * it attempts to mimic the exact behaviour of commonly used HTTP agents, 
      * which many HTTP servers expect.
      * 
      * @param strictMode <tt>true</tt> for strict mode, <tt>false</tt> otherwise
      * 
      * @deprecated Use {@link org.apache.commons.httpclient.params.HttpParams#setParameter(String, Object)}
      * to exercise a more granular control over HTTP protocol strictness.
      */
     public void setStrictMode(boolean strictMode) {
         if (strictMode) {
             this.params.makeStrict();
         } else {
             this.params.makeLenient();
         }
     }
 
     /***
      * @deprecated Use {@link org.apache.commons.httpclient.params.HttpParams#setParameter(String, Object)}
      * to exercise a more granular control over HTTP protocol strictness.
      *
      * @return <tt>false</tt>
      */
     public boolean isStrictMode() {
         return false;
     }
 
     /***
      * Adds the specified request header, NOT overwriting any previous value.
      * Note that header-name matching is case insensitive.
      *
      * @param headerName the header's name
      * @param headerValue the header's value
      */
     public void addRequestHeader(String headerName, String headerValue) {
         addRequestHeader(new Header(headerName, headerValue));
     }
 
     /***
      * Tests if the connection should be force-closed when no longer needed.
      * 
      * @return <code>true</code> if the connection must be closed
      */
     protected boolean isConnectionCloseForced() {
         return this.connectionCloseForced;
     }
 
     /***
      * Sets whether or not the connection should be force-closed when no longer 
      * needed. This value should only be set to <code>true</code> in abnormal 
      * circumstances, such as HTTP protocol violations. 
      * 
      * @param b <code>true</code> if the connection must be closed, <code>false</code>
      * otherwise.
      */
     protected void setConnectionCloseForced(boolean b) {
         if (LOG.isDebugEnabled()) {
             LOG.debug("Force-close connection: " + b);
         }
         this.connectionCloseForced = b;
     }
 
     /***
      * Tests if the connection should be closed after the method has been executed.
      * The connection will be left open when using HTTP/1.1 or if <tt>Connection: 
      * keep-alive</tt> header was sent.
      * 
      * @param conn the connection in question
      * 
      * @return boolean true if we should close the connection.
      */
     protected boolean shouldCloseConnection(HttpConnection conn) {
         // Connection must be closed due to an abnormal circumstance 
         if (isConnectionCloseForced()) {
             LOG.debug("Should force-close connection.");
             return true;
         }
 
         Header connectionHeader = null;
         // In case being connected via a proxy server
         if (!conn.isTransparent()) {
             // Check for 'proxy-connection' directive
             connectionHeader = responseHeaders.getFirstHeader("proxy-connection");
         }
         // In all cases Check for 'connection' directive
         // some non-complaint proxy servers send it instread of
         // expected 'proxy-connection' directive
         if (connectionHeader == null) {
             connectionHeader = responseHeaders.getFirstHeader("connection");
         }
         // In case the response does not contain any explict connection
         // directives, check whether the request does
         if (connectionHeader == null) {
             connectionHeader = requestHeaders.getFirstHeader("connection");
         }
         if (connectionHeader != null) {
             if (connectionHeader.getValue().equalsIgnoreCase("close")) {
                 if (LOG.isDebugEnabled()) {
                     LOG.debug("Should close connection in response to directive: " 
                         + connectionHeader.getValue());
                 }
                 return true;
             } else if (connectionHeader.getValue().equalsIgnoreCase("keep-alive")) {
                 if (LOG.isDebugEnabled()) {
                     LOG.debug("Should NOT close connection in response to directive: " 
                         + connectionHeader.getValue());
                 }
                 return false;
             } else {
                 if (LOG.isDebugEnabled()) {
                     LOG.debug("Unknown directive: " + connectionHeader.toExternalForm());
                 }
             }
         }
         LOG.debug("Resorting to protocol version default close connection policy");
         // missing or invalid connection header, do the default
         if (this.effectiveVersion.greaterEquals(HttpVersion.HTTP_1_1)) {
             if (LOG.isDebugEnabled()) {
                 LOG.debug("Should NOT close connection, using " + this.effectiveVersion.toString());
             }
         } else {
             if (LOG.isDebugEnabled()) {
                 LOG.debug("Should close connection, using " + this.effectiveVersion.toString());
             }
         }
         return this.effectiveVersion.lessEquals(HttpVersion.HTTP_1_0);
     }
     
     /***
      * Tests if the this method is ready to be executed.
      * 
      * @param state the {@link HttpState state} information associated with this method
      * @param conn the {@link HttpConnection connection} to be used
      * @throws HttpException If the method is in invalid state.
      */
     private void checkExecuteConditions(HttpState state, HttpConnection conn)
     throws HttpException {
 
         if (state == null) {
             throw new IllegalArgumentException("HttpState parameter may not be null");
         }
         if (conn == null) {
             throw new IllegalArgumentException("HttpConnection parameter may not be null");
         }
         if (this.aborted) {
             throw new IllegalStateException("Method has been aborted");
         }
         if (!validate()) {
             throw new ProtocolException("HttpMethodBase object not valid");
         }
     }
 
     /***
      * Executes this method using the specified <code>HttpConnection</code> and
      * <code>HttpState</code>. 
      *
      * @param state {@link HttpState state} information to associate with this
      *        request. Must be non-null.
      * @param conn the {@link HttpConnection connection} to used to execute
      *        this HTTP method. Must be non-null.
      *
      * @return the integer status code if one was obtained, or <tt>-1</tt>
      *
      * @throws IOException if an I/O (transport) error occurs
      * @throws HttpException  if a protocol exception occurs.
      */
     public int execute(HttpState state, HttpConnection conn)
         throws HttpException, IOException {
                 
         LOG.trace("enter HttpMethodBase.execute(HttpState, HttpConnection)");
 
         // this is our connection now, assign it to a local variable so 
         // that it can be released later
         this.responseConnection = conn;
 
         checkExecuteConditions(state, conn);
         this.statusLine = null;
         this.connectionCloseForced = false;
 
         conn.setLastResponseInputStream(null);
 
         // determine the effective protocol version
         if (this.effectiveVersion == null) {
             this.effectiveVersion = this.params.getVersion(); 
         }
 
         writeRequest(state, conn);
         this.requestSent = true;
         readResponse(state, conn);
         // the method has successfully executed
         used = true; 
 
         return statusLine.getStatusCode();
     }
 
     /***
      * Aborts the execution of this method.
      * 
      * @since 3.0
      */
     public void abort() {
         if (this.aborted) {
             return;
         }
         this.aborted = true;
         HttpConnection conn = this.responseConnection; 
         if (conn != null) {
             conn.close();
         }
     }
 
     /***
      * Returns <tt>true</tt> if the HTTP method has been already {@link #execute executed},
      * but not {@link #recycle recycled}.
      * 
      * @return <tt>true</tt> if the method has been executed, <tt>false</tt> otherwise
      */
     public boolean hasBeenUsed() {
         return used;
     }
 
     /***
      * Recycles the HTTP method so that it can be used again.
      * Note that all of the instance variables will be reset
      * once this method has been called. This method will also
      * release the connection being used by this HTTP method.
      * 
      * @see #releaseConnection()
      * 
      * @deprecated no longer supported and will be removed in the future
      *             version of HttpClient
      */
     public void recycle() {
         LOG.trace("enter HttpMethodBase.recycle()");
 
         releaseConnection();
 
         path = null;
         followRedirects = false;
         doAuthentication = true;
         queryString = null;
         getRequestHeaderGroup().clear();
         getResponseHeaderGroup().clear();
         getResponseTrailerHeaderGroup().clear();
         statusLine = null;
         effectiveVersion = null;
         aborted = false;
         used = false;
         params = new HttpMethodParams();
         responseBody = null;
         recoverableExceptionCount = 0;
         connectionCloseForced = false;
         hostAuthState.invalidate();
         proxyAuthState.invalidate();
         cookiespec = null;
         requestSent = false;
     }
 
     /***
      * Releases the connection being used by this HTTP method. In particular the
      * connection is used to read the response(if there is one) and will be held
      * until the response has been read. If the connection can be reused by other 
      * HTTP methods it is NOT closed at this point.
      *
      * @since 2.0
      */
     public void releaseConnection() {
         try {
             if (this.responseStream != null) {
                 try {
                     // FYI - this may indirectly invoke responseBodyConsumed.
                     this.responseStream.close();
                 } catch (IOException ignore) {
                 }
             }
         } finally {
             ensureConnectionRelease();
         }
     }
 
     /***
      * Remove the request header associated with the given name. Note that
      * header-name matching is case insensitive.
      *
      * @param headerName the header name
      */
     public void removeRequestHeader(String headerName) {
         
         Header[] headers = getRequestHeaderGroup().getHeaders(headerName);
         for (int i = 0; i < headers.length; i++) {
             getRequestHeaderGroup().removeHeader(headers[i]);
         }
         
     }
     
     /***
      * Removes the given request header.
      * 
      * @param header the header
      */
     public void removeRequestHeader(final Header header) {
         if (header == null) {
             return;
         }
         getRequestHeaderGroup().removeHeader(header);
     }
 
     // ---------------------------------------------------------------- Queries
 
     /***
      * Returns <tt>true</tt> the method is ready to execute, <tt>false</tt> otherwise.
      * 
      * @return This implementation always returns <tt>true</tt>.
      */
     public boolean validate() {
         return true;
     }
 
 
     /*** 
      * Returns the actual cookie policy
      * 
      * @param state HTTP state. TODO: to be removed in the future
      * 
      * @return cookie spec
      */
     private CookieSpec getCookieSpec(final HttpState state) {
     	if (this.cookiespec == null) {
     		int i = state.getCookiePolicy();
     		if (i == -1) {
         		this.cookiespec = CookiePolicy.getCookieSpec(this.params.getCookiePolicy());
     		} else {
         		this.cookiespec = CookiePolicy.getSpecByPolicy(i);
     		}
     		this.cookiespec.setValidDateFormats(
             		(Collection)this.params.getParameter(HttpMethodParams.DATE_PATTERNS));
     	}
     	return this.cookiespec;
     }
 
     /***
      * Generates <tt>Cookie</tt> request headers for those {@link Cookie cookie}s
      * that match the given host, port and path.
      *
      * @param state the {@link HttpState state} information associated with this method
      * @param conn the {@link HttpConnection connection} used to execute
      *        this HTTP method
      *
      * @throws IOException if an I/O (transport) error occurs. Some transport exceptions
      *                     can be recovered from.
      * @throws HttpException  if a protocol exception occurs. Usually protocol exceptions 
      *                    cannot be recovered from.
      */
     protected void addCookieRequestHeader(HttpState state, HttpConnection conn)
         throws IOException, HttpException {
 
         LOG.trace("enter HttpMethodBase.addCookieRequestHeader(HttpState, "
                   + "HttpConnection)");
 
         Header[] cookieheaders = getRequestHeaderGroup().getHeaders("Cookie");
         for (int i = 0; i < cookieheaders.length; i++) {
             Header cookieheader = cookieheaders[i];
             if (cookieheader.isAutogenerated()) {
                 getRequestHeaderGroup().removeHeader(cookieheader);
             }
         }
 
         CookieSpec matcher = getCookieSpec(state);
         String host = this.params.getVirtualHost();
         if (host == null) {
             host = conn.getHost();
         }
         Cookie[] cookies = matcher.match(host, conn.getPort(),
             getPath(), conn.isSecure(), state.getCookies());
         if ((cookies != null) && (cookies.length > 0)) {
             if (getParams().isParameterTrue(HttpMethodParams.SINGLE_COOKIE_HEADER)) {
                 // In strict mode put all cookies on the same header
                 String s = matcher.formatCookies(cookies);
                 getRequestHeaderGroup().addHeader(new Header("Cookie", s, true));
             } else {
                 // In non-strict mode put each cookie on a separate header
                 for (int i = 0; i < cookies.length; i++) {
                     String s = matcher.formatCookie(cookies[i]);
                     getRequestHeaderGroup().addHeader(new Header("Cookie", s, true));
                 }
             }
         }
     }
 
     /***
      * Generates <tt>Host</tt> request header, as long as no <tt>Host</tt> request
      * header already exists.
      *
      * @param state the {@link HttpState state} information associated with this method
      * @param conn the {@link HttpConnection connection} used to execute
      *        this HTTP method
      *
      * @throws IOException if an I/O (transport) error occurs. Some transport exceptions
      *                     can be recovered from.
      * @throws HttpException  if a protocol exception occurs. Usually protocol exceptions 
      *                    cannot be recovered from.
      */
     protected void addHostRequestHeader(HttpState state, HttpConnection conn)
     throws IOException, HttpException {
         LOG.trace("enter HttpMethodBase.addHostRequestHeader(HttpState, "
                   + "HttpConnection)");
 
         // Per 19.6.1.1 of RFC 2616, it is legal for HTTP/1.0 based
         // applications to send the Host request-header.
         // TODO: Add the ability to disable the sending of this header for
         //       HTTP/1.0 requests.
         String host = this.params.getVirtualHost();
         if (host != null) {
             LOG.debug("Using virtual host name: " + host);
         } else {
             host = conn.getHost();
         }
         int port = conn.getPort();
 
         // Note: RFC 2616 uses the term "internet host name" for what goes on the
         // host line.  It would seem to imply that host should be blank if the
         // host is a number instead of an name.  Based on the behavior of web
         // browsers, and the fact that RFC 2616 never defines the phrase "internet
         // host name", and the bad behavior of HttpClient that follows if we
         // send blank, I interpret this as a small misstatement in the RFC, where
         // they meant to say "internet host".  So IP numbers get sent as host
         // entries too. -- Eric Johnson 12/13/2002
         if (LOG.isDebugEnabled()) {
             LOG.debug("Adding Host request header");
         }
 
         //appends the port only if not using the default port for the protocol
         if (conn.getProtocol().getDefaultPort() != port) {
             host += (":" + port);
         }
 
         setRequestHeader("Host", host);
     }
 
     /***
      * Generates <tt>Proxy-Connection: Keep-Alive</tt> request header when 
      * communicating via a proxy server.
      *
      * @param state the {@link HttpState state} information associated with this method
      * @param conn the {@link HttpConnection connection} used to execute
      *        this HTTP method
      *
      * @throws IOException if an I/O (transport) error occurs. Some transport exceptions
      *                     can be recovered from.
      * @throws HttpException  if a protocol exception occurs. Usually protocol exceptions 
      *                    cannot be recovered from.
      */
     protected void addProxyConnectionHeader(HttpState state,
                                             HttpConnection conn)
     throws IOException, HttpException {
         LOG.trace("enter HttpMethodBase.addProxyConnectionHeader("
                   + "HttpState, HttpConnection)");
         if (!conn.isTransparent()) {
         	if (getRequestHeader("Proxy-Connection") == null) {
                 addRequestHeader("Proxy-Connection", "Keep-Alive");
         	}
         }
     }
 
     /***
      * Generates all the required request {@link Header header}s 
      * to be submitted via the given {@link HttpConnection connection}.
      *
      * <p>
      * This implementation adds <tt>User-Agent</tt>, <tt>Host</tt>,
      * <tt>Cookie</tt>, <tt>Authorization</tt>, <tt>Proxy-Authorization</tt>
      * and <tt>Proxy-Connection</tt> headers, when appropriate.
      * </p>
      *
      * <p>
      * Subclasses may want to override this method to to add additional
      * headers, and may choose to invoke this implementation (via
      * <tt>super</tt>) to add the "standard" headers.
      * </p>
      *
      * @param state the {@link HttpState state} information associated with this method
      * @param conn the {@link HttpConnection connection} used to execute
      *        this HTTP method
      *
      * @throws IOException if an I/O (transport) error occurs. Some transport exceptions
      *                     can be recovered from.
      * @throws HttpException  if a protocol exception occurs. Usually protocol exceptions 
      *                    cannot be recovered from.
      *
      * @see #writeRequestHeaders
      */
     protected void addRequestHeaders(HttpState state, HttpConnection conn)
     throws IOException, HttpException {
         LOG.trace("enter HttpMethodBase.addRequestHeaders(HttpState, "
             + "HttpConnection)");
 
         addUserAgentRequestHeader(state, conn);
         addHostRequestHeader(state, conn);
         addCookieRequestHeader(state, conn);
         addProxyConnectionHeader(state, conn);
     }
 
     /***
      * Generates default <tt>User-Agent</tt> request header, as long as no
      * <tt>User-Agent</tt> request header already exists.
      *
      * @param state the {@link HttpState state} information associated with this method
      * @param conn the {@link HttpConnection connection} used to execute
      *        this HTTP method
      *
      * @throws IOException if an I/O (transport) error occurs. Some transport exceptions
      *                     can be recovered from.
      * @throws HttpException  if a protocol exception occurs. Usually protocol exceptions 
      *                    cannot be recovered from.
      */
     protected void addUserAgentRequestHeader(HttpState state,
                                              HttpConnection conn)
     throws IOException, HttpException {
         LOG.trace("enter HttpMethodBase.addUserAgentRequestHeaders(HttpState, "
             + "HttpConnection)");
 
         if (getRequestHeader("User-Agent") == null) {
             String agent = (String)getParams().getParameter(HttpMethodParams.USER_AGENT);
             if (agent == null) {
                 agent = "Jakarta Commons-HttpClient";
             }
             setRequestHeader("User-Agent", agent);
         }
     }
 
     /***
      * Throws an {@link IllegalStateException} if the HTTP method has been already
      * {@link #execute executed}, but not {@link #recycle recycled}.
      *
      * @throws IllegalStateException if the method has been used and not
      *      recycled
      */
     protected void checkNotUsed() throws IllegalStateException {
         if (used) {
             throw new IllegalStateException("Already used.");
         }
     }
 
     /***
      * Throws an {@link IllegalStateException} if the HTTP method has not been
      * {@link #execute executed} since last {@link #recycle recycle}.
      *
      *
      * @throws IllegalStateException if not used
      */
     protected void checkUsed()  throws IllegalStateException {
         if (!used) {
             throw new IllegalStateException("Not Used.");
         }
     }
 
     // ------------------------------------------------- Static Utility Methods
 
     /***
      * Generates HTTP request line according to the specified attributes.
      *
      * @param connection the {@link HttpConnection connection} used to execute
      *        this HTTP method
      * @param name the method name generate a request for
      * @param requestPath the path string for the request
      * @param query the query string for the request
      * @param version the protocol version to use (e.g. HTTP/1.0)
      *
      * @return HTTP request line
      */
     protected static String generateRequestLine(HttpConnection connection,
         String name, String requestPath, String query, String version) {
         LOG.trace("enter HttpMethodBase.generateRequestLine(HttpConnection, "
             + "String, String, String, String)");
 
         StringBuffer buf = new StringBuffer();
         // Append method name
         buf.append(name);
         buf.append(" ");
         // Absolute or relative URL?
         if (!connection.isTransparent()) {
             Protocol protocol = connection.getProtocol();
             buf.append(protocol.getScheme().toLowerCase());
             buf.append("://");
             buf.append(connection.getHost());
             if ((connection.getPort() != -1) 
                 && (connection.getPort() != protocol.getDefaultPort())
             ) {
                 buf.append(":");
                 buf.append(connection.getPort());
             }
         }
         // Append path, if any
         if (requestPath == null) {
             buf.append("/");
         } else {
             if (!connection.isTransparent() && !requestPath.startsWith("/")) {
                 buf.append("/");
             }
             buf.append(requestPath);
         }
         // Append query, if any
         if (query != null) {
             if (query.indexOf("?") != 0) {
                 buf.append("?");
             }
             buf.append(query);
         }
         // Append protocol
         buf.append(" ");
         buf.append(version);
         buf.append("\r\n");
         
         return buf.toString();
     }
     
     /***
      * This method is invoked immediately after 
      * {@link #readResponseBody(HttpState,HttpConnection)} and can be overridden by
      * sub-classes in order to provide custom body processing.
      *
      * <p>
      * This implementation does nothing.
      * </p>
      *
      * @param state the {@link HttpState state} information associated with this method
      * @param conn the {@link HttpConnection connection} used to execute
      *        this HTTP method
      *
      * @see #readResponse
      * @see #readResponseBody
      */
     protected void processResponseBody(HttpState state, HttpConnection conn) {
     }
 
     /***
      * This method is invoked immediately after 
      * {@link #readResponseHeaders(HttpState,HttpConnection)} and can be overridden by
      * sub-classes in order to provide custom response headers processing.
 
      * <p>
      * This implementation will handle the <tt>Set-Cookie</tt> and
      * <tt>Set-Cookie2</tt> headers, if any, adding the relevant cookies to
      * the given {@link HttpState}.
      * </p>
      *
      * @param state the {@link HttpState state} information associated with this method
      * @param conn the {@link HttpConnection connection} used to execute
      *        this HTTP method
      *
      * @see #readResponse
      * @see #readResponseHeaders
      */
     protected void processResponseHeaders(HttpState state,
         HttpConnection conn) {
         LOG.trace("enter HttpMethodBase.processResponseHeaders(HttpState, "
             + "HttpConnection)");
 
         Header[] headers = getResponseHeaderGroup().getHeaders("set-cookie2");
         //Only process old style set-cookie headers if new style headres
         //are not present
         if (headers.length == 0) { 
             headers = getResponseHeaderGroup().getHeaders("set-cookie");
         }
         
         CookieSpec parser = getCookieSpec(state);
         String host = this.params.getVirtualHost();
         if (host == null) {
             host = conn.getHost();
         }
         for (int i = 0; i < headers.length; i++) {
             Header header = headers[i];
             Cookie[] cookies = null;
             try {
                 cookies = parser.parse(
                   host,
                   conn.getPort(),
                   getPath(),
                   conn.isSecure(),
                   header);
             } catch (MalformedCookieException e) {
                 if (LOG.isWarnEnabled()) {
                     LOG.warn("Invalid cookie header: \"" 
                         + header.getValue() 
                         + "\". " + e.getMessage());
                 }
             }
             if (cookies != null) {
                 for (int j = 0; j < cookies.length; j++) {
                     Cookie cookie = cookies[j];
                     try {
                         parser.validate(
                           host,
                           conn.getPort(),
                           getPath(),
                           conn.isSecure(),
                           cookie);
                         state.addCookie(cookie);
                         if (LOG.isDebugEnabled()) {
                             LOG.debug("Cookie accepted: \"" 
                                 + parser.formatCookie(cookie) + "\"");
                         }
                     } catch (MalformedCookieException e) {
                         if (LOG.isWarnEnabled()) {
                             LOG.warn("Cookie rejected: \"" + parser.formatCookie(cookie) 
                                 + "\". " + e.getMessage());
                         }
                     }
                 }
             }
         }
     }
 
     /***
      * This method is invoked immediately after 
      * {@link #readStatusLine(HttpState,HttpConnection)} and can be overridden by
      * sub-classes in order to provide custom response status line processing.
      *
      * @param state the {@link HttpState state} information associated with this method
      * @param conn the {@link HttpConnection connection} used to execute
      *        this HTTP method
      *
      * @see #readResponse
      * @see #readStatusLine
      */
     protected void processStatusLine(HttpState state, HttpConnection conn) {
     }
 
     /***
      * Reads the response from the given {@link HttpConnection connection}.
      *
      * <p>
      * The response is processed as the following sequence of actions:
      *
      * <ol>
      * <li>
      * {@link #readStatusLine(HttpState,HttpConnection)} is
      * invoked to read the request line.
      * </li>
      * <li>
      * {@link #processStatusLine(HttpState,HttpConnection)}
      * is invoked, allowing the method to process the status line if
      * desired.
      * </li>
      * <li>
      * {@link #readResponseHeaders(HttpState,HttpConnection)} is invoked to read
      * the associated headers.
      * </li>
      * <li>
      * {@link #processResponseHeaders(HttpState,HttpConnection)} is invoked, allowing
      * the method to process the headers if desired.
      * </li>
      * <li>
      * {@link #readResponseBody(HttpState,HttpConnection)} is
      * invoked to read the associated body (if any).
      * </li>
      * <li>
      * {@link #processResponseBody(HttpState,HttpConnection)} is invoked, allowing the
      * method to process the response body if desired.
      * </li>
      * </ol>
      *
      * Subclasses may want to override one or more of the above methods to to
      * customize the processing. (Or they may choose to override this method
      * if dramatically different processing is required.)
      * </p>
      *
      * @param state the {@link HttpState state} information associated with this method
      * @param conn the {@link HttpConnection connection} used to execute
      *        this HTTP method
      *
      * @throws IOException if an I/O (transport) error occurs. Some transport exceptions
      *                     can be recovered from.
      * @throws HttpException  if a protocol exception occurs. Usually protocol exceptions 
      *                    cannot be recovered from.
      */
     protected void readResponse(HttpState state, HttpConnection conn)
     throws IOException, HttpException {
         LOG.trace(
         "enter HttpMethodBase.readResponse(HttpState, HttpConnection)");
         // Status line & line may have already been received
         // if 'expect - continue' handshake has been used
         while (this.statusLine == null) {
             readStatusLine(state, conn);
             processStatusLine(state, conn);
             readResponseHeaders(state, conn);
             processResponseHeaders(state, conn);
             
             int status = this.statusLine.getStatusCode();
             if ((status >= 100) && (status < 200)) {
                 if (LOG.isInfoEnabled()) {
                     LOG.info("Discarding unexpected response: " + this.statusLine.toString()); 
                 }
                 this.statusLine = null;
             }
         }
         readResponseBody(state, conn);
         processResponseBody(state, conn);
     }
 
     /***
      * Read the response body from the given {@link HttpConnection}.
      *
      * <p>
      * The current implementation wraps the socket level stream with
      * an appropriate stream for the type of response (chunked, content-length,
      * or auto-close).  If there is no response body, the connection associated
      * with the request will be returned to the connection manager.
      * </p>
      *
      * <p>
      * Subclasses may want to override this method to to customize the
      * processing.
      * </p>
      *
      * @param state the {@link HttpState state} information associated with this method
      * @param conn the {@link HttpConnection connection} used to execute
      *        this HTTP method
      *
      * @throws IOException if an I/O (transport) error occurs. Some transport exceptions
      *                     can be recovered from.
      * @throws HttpException  if a protocol exception occurs. Usually protocol exceptions 
      *                    cannot be recovered from.
      *
      * @see #readResponse
      * @see #processResponseBody
      */
     protected void readResponseBody(HttpState state, HttpConnection conn)
     throws IOException, HttpException {
         LOG.trace(
             "enter HttpMethodBase.readResponseBody(HttpState, HttpConnection)");
 
         // assume we are not done with the connection if we get a stream
         InputStream stream = readResponseBody(conn);
         if (stream == null) {
             // done using the connection!
             responseBodyConsumed();
         } else {
             conn.setLastResponseInputStream(stream);
             setResponseStream(stream);
         }
     }
 
     /***
      * Returns the response body as an {@link InputStream input stream}
      * corresponding to the values of the <tt>Content-Length</tt> and 
      * <tt>Transfer-Encoding</tt> headers. If no response body is available
      * returns <tt>null</tt>.
      * <p>
      *
      * @see #readResponse
      * @see #processResponseBody
      *
      * @param conn the {@link HttpConnection connection} used to execute
      *        this HTTP method
      *
      * @throws IOException if an I/O (transport) error occurs. Some transport exceptions
      *                     can be recovered from.
      * @throws HttpException  if a protocol exception occurs. Usually protocol exceptions 
      *                    cannot be recovered from.
      */
     private InputStream readResponseBody(HttpConnection conn)
         throws HttpException, IOException {
 
         LOG.trace("enter HttpMethodBase.readResponseBody(HttpConnection)");
 
         responseBody = null;
         InputStream is = conn.getResponseInputStream();
         if (Wire.CONTENT_WIRE.enabled()) {
             is = new WireLogInputStream(is, Wire.CONTENT_WIRE);
         }
         boolean canHaveBody = canResponseHaveBody(statusLine.getStatusCode());
         InputStream result = null;
         Header transferEncodingHeader = responseHeaders.getFirstHeader("Transfer-Encoding");
         // We use Transfer-Encoding if present and ignore Content-Length.
         // RFC2616, 4.4 item number 3
         if (transferEncodingHeader != null) {
 
             String transferEncoding = transferEncodingHeader.getValue();
             if (!"chunked".equalsIgnoreCase(transferEncoding) 
                 && !"identity".equalsIgnoreCase(transferEncoding)) {
                 if (LOG.isWarnEnabled()) {
                     LOG.warn("Unsupported transfer encoding: " + transferEncoding);
                 }
             }
             HeaderElement[] encodings = transferEncodingHeader.getElements();
             // The chunked encoding must be the last one applied
             // RFC2616, 14.41
             int len = encodings.length;            
             if ((len > 0) && ("chunked".equalsIgnoreCase(encodings[len - 1].getName()))) { 
                 // if response body is empty
                 if (conn.isResponseAvailable(conn.getParams().getSoTimeout())) {
                     result = new ChunkedInputStream(is, this);
                 } else {
                     if (getParams().isParameterTrue(HttpMethodParams.STRICT_TRANSFER_ENCODING)) {
                         throw new ProtocolException("Chunk-encoded body declared but not sent");
                     } else {
                         LOG.warn("Chunk-encoded body missing");
                     }
                 }
             } else {
                 LOG.info("Response content is not chunk-encoded");
                 // The connection must be terminated by closing 
                 // the socket as per RFC 2616, 3.6
                 setConnectionCloseForced(true);
                 result = is;  
             }
         } else {
             long expectedLength = getResponseContentLength();
             if (expectedLength == -1) {
                 if (canHaveBody && this.effectiveVersion.greaterEquals(HttpVersion.HTTP_1_1)) {
                     Header connectionHeader = responseHeaders.getFirstHeader("Connection");
                     String connectionDirective = null;
                     if (connectionHeader != null) {
                         connectionDirective = connectionHeader.getValue();
                     }
                     if (!"close".equalsIgnoreCase(connectionDirective)) {
                         LOG.info("Response content length is not known");
                         setConnectionCloseForced(true);
                     }
                 }
                 result = is;            
             } else {
                 result = new ContentLengthInputStream(is, expectedLength);
             }
         } 
 
         // See if the response is supposed to have a response body
         if (!canHaveBody) {
             result = null;
         }
         // if there is a result - ALWAYS wrap it in an observer which will
         // close the underlying stream as soon as it is consumed, and notify
         // the watcher that the stream has been consumed.
         if (result != null) {
 
             result = new AutoCloseInputStream(
                 result,
                 new ResponseConsumedWatcher() {
                     public void responseConsumed() {
                         responseBodyConsumed();
                     }
                 }
             );
         }
 
         return result;
     }
 
     /***
      * Reads the response headers from the given {@link HttpConnection connection}.
      *
      * <p>
      * Subclasses may want to override this method to to customize the
      * processing.
      * </p>
      *
      * <p>
      * "It must be possible to combine the multiple header fields into one
      * "field-name: field-value" pair, without changing the semantics of the
      * message, by appending each subsequent field-value to the first, each
      * separated by a comma." - HTTP/1.0 (4.3)
      * </p>
      *
      * @param state the {@link HttpState state} information associated with this method
      * @param conn the {@link HttpConnection connection} used to execute
      *        this HTTP method
      *
      * @throws IOException if an I/O (transport) error occurs. Some transport exceptions
      *                     can be recovered from.
      * @throws HttpException  if a protocol exception occurs. Usually protocol exceptions 
      *                    cannot be recovered from.
      *
      * @see #readResponse
      * @see #processResponseHeaders
      */
     protected void readResponseHeaders(HttpState state, HttpConnection conn)
     throws IOException, HttpException {
         LOG.trace("enter HttpMethodBase.readResponseHeaders(HttpState,"
             + "HttpConnection)");
 
         getResponseHeaderGroup().clear();
         
         Header[] headers = HttpParser.parseHeaders(
             conn.getResponseInputStream(), getParams().getHttpElementCharset());
         if (Wire.HEADER_WIRE.enabled()) {
             for (int i = 0; i < headers.length; i++) {
                 Wire.HEADER_WIRE.input(headers[i].toExternalForm());
             }
         }
         getResponseHeaderGroup().setHeaders(headers);
     }
 
     /***
      * Read the status line from the given {@link HttpConnection}, setting my
      * {@link #getStatusCode status code} and {@link #getStatusText status
      * text}.
      *
      * <p>
      * Subclasses may want to override this method to to customize the
      * processing.
      * </p>
      *
      * @param state the {@link HttpState state} information associated with this method
      * @param conn the {@link HttpConnection connection} used to execute
      *        this HTTP method
      *
      * @throws IOException if an I/O (transport) error occurs. Some transport exceptions
      *                     can be recovered from.
      * @throws HttpException  if a protocol exception occurs. Usually protocol exceptions 
      *                    cannot be recovered from.
      *
      * @see StatusLine
      */
     protected void readStatusLine(HttpState state, HttpConnection conn)
     throws IOException, HttpException {
         LOG.trace("enter HttpMethodBase.readStatusLine(HttpState, HttpConnection)");
 
         final int maxGarbageLines = getParams().
             getIntParameter(HttpMethodParams.STATUS_LINE_GARBAGE_LIMIT, Integer.MAX_VALUE);
 
         //read out the HTTP status string
         int count = 0;
         String s;
         do {
             s = conn.readLine(getParams().getHttpElementCharset());
             if (s == null && count == 0) {
                 // The server just dropped connection on us
                 throw new NoHttpResponseException("The server " + conn.getHost() + 
                     " failed to respond");
             }
             if (Wire.HEADER_WIRE.enabled()) {
                 Wire.HEADER_WIRE.input(s + "\r\n");
             }
             if (s != null && StatusLine.startsWithHTTP(s)) {
                 // Got one
                 break;
             } else if (s == null || count >= maxGarbageLines) {
                 // Giving up
                 throw new ProtocolException("The server " + conn.getHost() + 
                         " failed to respond with a valid HTTP response");
             }
             count++;
         } while(true);
 
         //create the status line from the status string
         statusLine = new StatusLine(s);
 
         //check for a valid HTTP-Version
         String versionStr = statusLine.getHttpVersion();
         if (getParams().isParameterFalse(HttpMethodParams.UNAMBIGUOUS_STATUS_LINE) 
            && versionStr.equals("HTTP")) {
             getParams().setVersion(HttpVersion.HTTP_1_0);
             if (LOG.isWarnEnabled()) {
                 LOG.warn("Ambiguous status line (HTTP protocol version missing):" +
                 statusLine.toString());
             }
         } else {
             this.effectiveVersion = HttpVersion.parse(versionStr);
         }
 
     }
 
     // ------------------------------------------------------ Protected Methods
 
     /***
      * <p>
      * Sends the request via the given {@link HttpConnection connection}.
      * </p>
      *
      * <p>
      * The request is written as the following sequence of actions:
      * </p>
      *
      * <ol>
      * <li>
      * {@link #writeRequestLine(HttpState, HttpConnection)} is invoked to 
      * write the request line.
      * </li>
      * <li>
      * {@link #writeRequestHeaders(HttpState, HttpConnection)} is invoked 
      * to write the associated headers.
      * </li>
      * <li>
      * <tt>\r\n</tt> is sent to close the head part of the request.
      * </li>
      * <li>
      * {@link #writeRequestBody(HttpState, HttpConnection)} is invoked to 
      * write the body part of the request.
      * </li>
      * </ol>
      *
      * <p>
      * Subclasses may want to override one or more of the above methods to to
      * customize the processing. (Or they may choose to override this method
      * if dramatically different processing is required.)
      * </p>
      *
      * @param state the {@link HttpState state} information associated with this method
      * @param conn the {@link HttpConnection connection} used to execute
      *        this HTTP method
      *
      * @throws IOException if an I/O (transport) error occurs. Some transport exceptions
      *                     can be recovered from.
      * @throws HttpException  if a protocol exception occurs. Usually protocol exceptions 
      *                    cannot be recovered from.
      */
     protected void writeRequest(HttpState state, HttpConnection conn)
     throws IOException, HttpException {
         LOG.trace(
             "enter HttpMethodBase.writeRequest(HttpState, HttpConnection)");
         writeRequestLine(state, conn);
         writeRequestHeaders(state, conn);
         conn.writeLine(); // close head
         if (Wire.HEADER_WIRE.enabled()) {
             Wire.HEADER_WIRE.output("\r\n");
         }
 
         HttpVersion ver = getParams().getVersion();
         Header expectheader = getRequestHeader("Expect");
         String expectvalue = null;
         if (expectheader != null) {
             expectvalue = expectheader.getValue();
         }
         if ((expectvalue != null) 
          && (expectvalue.compareToIgnoreCase("100-continue") == 0)) {
             if (ver.greaterEquals(HttpVersion.HTTP_1_1)) {
 
                 // make sure the status line and headers have been sent
                 conn.flushRequestOutputStream();
                 
                 int readTimeout = conn.getParams().getSoTimeout();
                 try {
                     conn.setSocketTimeout(RESPONSE_WAIT_TIME_MS);
                     readStatusLine(state, conn);
                     processStatusLine(state, conn);
                     readResponseHeaders(state, conn);
                     processResponseHeaders(state, conn);
 
                     if (this.statusLine.getStatusCode() == HttpStatus.SC_CONTINUE) {
                         // Discard status line
                         this.statusLine = null;
                         LOG.debug("OK to continue received");
                     } else {
                         return;
                     }
                 } catch (InterruptedIOException e) {
                     if (!ExceptionUtil.isSocketTimeoutException(e)) {
                         throw e;
                     }
                     // Most probably Expect header is not recongnized
                     // Remove the header to signal the method 
                     // that it's okay to go ahead with sending data
                     removeRequestHeader("Expect");
                     LOG.info("100 (continue) read timeout. Resume sending the request");
                 } finally {
                     conn.setSocketTimeout(readTimeout);
                 }
                 
             } else {
                 removeRequestHeader("Expect");
                 LOG.info("'Expect: 100-continue' handshake is only supported by "
                     + "HTTP/1.1 or higher");
             }
         }
 
         writeRequestBody(state, conn);
         // make sure the entire request body has been sent
         conn.flushRequestOutputStream();
     }
 
     /***
      * Writes the request body to the given {@link HttpConnection connection}.
      *
      * <p>
      * This method should return <tt>true</tt> if the request body was actually
      * sent (or is empty), or <tt>false</tt> if it could not be sent for some
      * reason.
      * </p>
      *
      * <p>
      * This implementation writes nothing and returns <tt>true</tt>.
      * </p>
      *
      * @param state the {@link HttpState state} information associated with this method
      * @param conn the {@link HttpConnection connection} used to execute
      *        this HTTP method
      *
      * @return <tt>true</tt>
      *
      * @throws IOException if an I/O (transport) error occurs. Some transport exceptions
      *                     can be recovered from.
      * @throws HttpException  if a protocol exception occurs. Usually protocol exceptions 
      *                    cannot be recovered from.
      */
     protected boolean writeRequestBody(HttpState state, HttpConnection conn)
     throws IOException, HttpException {
         return true;
     }
 
     /***
      * Writes the request headers to the given {@link HttpConnection connection}.
      *
      * <p>
      * This implementation invokes {@link #addRequestHeaders(HttpState,HttpConnection)},
      * and then writes each header to the request stream.
      * </p>
      *
      * <p>
      * Subclasses may want to override this method to to customize the
      * processing.
      * </p>
      *
      * @param state the {@link HttpState state} information associated with this method
      * @param conn the {@link HttpConnection connection} used to execute
      *        this HTTP method
      *
      * @throws IOException if an I/O (transport) error occurs. Some transport exceptions
      *                     can be recovered from.
      * @throws HttpException  if a protocol exception occurs. Usually protocol exceptions 
      *                    cannot be recovered from.
      *
      * @see #addRequestHeaders
      * @see #getRequestHeaders
      */
     protected void writeRequestHeaders(HttpState state, HttpConnection conn)
     throws IOException, HttpException {
         LOG.trace("enter HttpMethodBase.writeRequestHeaders(HttpState,"
             + "HttpConnection)");
         addRequestHeaders(state, conn);
 
         String charset = getParams().getHttpElementCharset();
         
         Header[] headers = getRequestHeaders();
         for (int i = 0; i < headers.length; i++) {
             String s = headers[i].toExternalForm();
             if (Wire.HEADER_WIRE.enabled()) {
                 Wire.HEADER_WIRE.output(s);
             }
             conn.print(s, charset);
         }
     }
 
     /***
      * Writes the request line to the given {@link HttpConnection connection}.
      *
      * <p>
      * Subclasses may want to override this method to to customize the
      * processing.
      * </p>
      *
      * @param state the {@link HttpState state} information associated with this method
      * @param conn the {@link HttpConnection connection} used to execute
      *        this HTTP method
      *
      * @throws IOException if an I/O (transport) error occurs. Some transport exceptions
      *                     can be recovered from.
      * @throws HttpException  if a protocol exception occurs. Usually protocol exceptions 
      *                    cannot be recovered from.
      *
      * @see #generateRequestLine
      */
     protected void writeRequestLine(HttpState state, HttpConnection conn)
     throws IOException, HttpException {
         LOG.trace(
             "enter HttpMethodBase.writeRequestLine(HttpState, HttpConnection)");
         String requestLine = getRequestLine(conn);
         if (Wire.HEADER_WIRE.enabled()) {
             Wire.HEADER_WIRE.output(requestLine);
         }
         conn.print(requestLine, getParams().getHttpElementCharset());
     }
 
     /***
      * Returns the request line.
      * 
      * @param conn the {@link HttpConnection connection} used to execute
      *        this HTTP method
      * 
      * @return The request line.
      */
     private String getRequestLine(HttpConnection conn) {
         return  HttpMethodBase.generateRequestLine(conn, getName(),
                 getPath(), getQueryString(), this.effectiveVersion.toString());
     }
 
     /***
      * Returns {@link HttpMethodParams HTTP protocol parameters} associated with this method.
      *
      * @return HTTP parameters.
      *
      * @since 3.0
      */
     public HttpMethodParams getParams() {
         return this.params;
     }
 
     /***
      * Assigns {@link HttpMethodParams HTTP protocol parameters} for this method.
      * 
      * @since 3.0
      * 
      * @see HttpMethodParams
      */
     public void setParams(final HttpMethodParams params) {
         if (params == null) {
             throw new IllegalArgumentException("Parameters may not be null");
         }
         this.params = params;
     }
 
     /***
      * Returns the HTTP version used with this method (may be <tt>null</tt>
      * if undefined, that is, the method has not been executed)
      *
      * @return HTTP version.
      *
      * @since 3.0
      */
     public HttpVersion getEffectiveVersion() {
         return this.effectiveVersion;
     }
 
     /***
      * Per RFC 2616 section 4.3, some response can never contain a message
      * body.
      *
      * @param status - the HTTP status code
      *
      * @return <tt>true</tt> if the message may contain a body, <tt>false</tt> if it can not
      *         contain a message body
      */
     private static boolean canResponseHaveBody(int status) {
         LOG.trace("enter HttpMethodBase.canResponseHaveBody(int)");
 
         boolean result = true;
 
         if ((status >= 100 && status <= 199) || (status == 204)
             || (status == 304)) { // NOT MODIFIED
             result = false;
         }
 
         return result;
     }
 
     /***
      * Returns proxy authentication realm, if it has been used during authentication process. 
      * Otherwise returns <tt>null</tt>.
      * 
      * @return proxy authentication realm
      * 
      * @deprecated use #getProxyAuthState()
      */
     public String getProxyAuthenticationRealm() {
         return this.proxyAuthState.getRealm();
     }
 
     /***
      * Returns authentication realm, if it has been used during authentication process. 
      * Otherwise returns <tt>null</tt>.
      * 
      * @return authentication realm
      * 
      * @deprecated use #getHostAuthState()
      */
     public String getAuthenticationRealm() {
         return this.hostAuthState.getRealm();
     }
 
     /***
      * Returns the character set from the <tt>Content-Type</tt> header.
      * 
      * @param contentheader The content header.
      * @return String The character set.
      */
     protected String getContentCharSet(Header contentheader) {
         LOG.trace("enter getContentCharSet( Header contentheader )");
         String charset = null;
         if (contentheader != null) {
             HeaderElement values[] = contentheader.getElements();
             // I expect only one header element to be there
             // No more. no less
             if (values.length == 1) {
                 NameValuePair param = values[0].getParameterByName("charset");
                 if (param != null) {
                     // If I get anything "funny" 
                     // UnsupportedEncondingException will result
                     charset = param.getValue();
                 }
             }
         }
         if (charset == null) {
             charset = getParams().getContentCharset();
             if (LOG.isDebugEnabled()) {
                 LOG.debug("Default charset used: " + charset);
             }
         }
         return charset;
     }
 
 
     /***
      * Returns the character encoding of the request from the <tt>Content-Type</tt> header.
      * 
      * @return String The character set.
      */
     public String getRequestCharSet() {
         return getContentCharSet(getRequestHeader("Content-Type"));
     }
 
 
     /***  
      * Returns the character encoding of the response from the <tt>Content-Type</tt> header.
      * 
      * @return String The character set.
      */
     public String getResponseCharSet() {
         return getContentCharSet(getResponseHeader("Content-Type"));
     }
 
     /***
      * @deprecated no longer used
      * 
      * Returns the number of "recoverable" exceptions thrown and handled, to
      * allow for monitoring the quality of the connection.
      *
      * @return The number of recoverable exceptions handled by the method.
      */
     public int getRecoverableExceptionCount() {
         return recoverableExceptionCount;
     }
 
     /***
      * A response has been consumed.
      *
      * <p>The default behavior for this class is to check to see if the connection
      * should be closed, and close if need be, and to ensure that the connection
      * is returned to the connection manager - if and only if we are not still
      * inside the execute call.</p>
      *
      */
     protected void responseBodyConsumed() {
 
         // make sure this is the initial invocation of the notification,
         // ignore subsequent ones.
         responseStream = null;
         if (responseConnection != null) {
             responseConnection.setLastResponseInputStream(null);
 
             // At this point, no response data should be available.
             // If there is data available, regard the connection as being
             // unreliable and close it.
             
             if (shouldCloseConnection(responseConnection)) {
                 responseConnection.close();
             } else {
                 try {
                     if(responseConnection.isResponseAvailable()) {
                         boolean logExtraInput =
                             getParams().isParameterTrue(HttpMethodParams.WARN_EXTRA_INPUT);
 
                         if(logExtraInput) {
                             LOG.warn("Extra response data detected - closing connection");
                         } 
                         responseConnection.close();
                     }
                 }
                 catch (IOException e) {
                     LOG.warn(e.getMessage());
                     responseConnection.close();
                 }
             }
         }
         this.connectionCloseForced = false;
         ensureConnectionRelease();
     }
 
     /***
      * Insure that the connection is released back to the pool.
      */
     private void ensureConnectionRelease() {
         if (responseConnection != null) {
             responseConnection.releaseConnection();
             responseConnection = null;
         }
     }
 
     /***
      * Returns the {@link HostConfiguration host configuration}.
      * 
      * @return the host configuration
      * 
      * @deprecated no longer applicable
      */
     public HostConfiguration getHostConfiguration() {
         HostConfiguration hostconfig = new HostConfiguration();
         hostconfig.setHost(this.httphost);
         return hostconfig;
     }
     /***
      * Sets the {@link HostConfiguration host configuration}.
      * 
      * @param hostconfig The hostConfiguration to set
      * 
      * @deprecated no longer applicable
      */
     public void setHostConfiguration(final HostConfiguration hostconfig) {
         if (hostconfig != null) {
             this.httphost = new HttpHost(
                     hostconfig.getHost(),
                     hostconfig.getPort(),
                     hostconfig.getProtocol());
         } else {
             this.httphost = null;
         }
     }
 
     /***
      * Returns the {@link MethodRetryHandler retry handler} for this HTTP method
      * 
      * @return the methodRetryHandler
      * 
      * @deprecated use {@link HttpMethodParams}
      */
     public MethodRetryHandler getMethodRetryHandler() {
         return methodRetryHandler;
     }
 
     /***
      * Sets the {@link MethodRetryHandler retry handler} for this HTTP method
      * 
      * @param handler the methodRetryHandler to use when this method executed
      * 
      * @deprecated use {@link HttpMethodParams}
      */
     public void setMethodRetryHandler(MethodRetryHandler handler) {
         methodRetryHandler = handler;
     }
 
     /***
      * This method is a dirty hack intended to work around 
      * current (2.0) design flaw that prevents the user from
      * obtaining correct status code, headers and response body from the 
      * preceding HTTP CONNECT method.
      * 
      * TODO: Remove this crap as soon as possible
      */
     void fakeResponse(
         StatusLine statusline, 
         HeaderGroup responseheaders,
         InputStream responseStream
     ) {
         // set used so that the response can be read
         this.used = true;
         this.statusLine = statusline;
         this.responseHeaders = responseheaders;
         this.responseBody = null;
         this.responseStream = responseStream;
     }
     
     /***
      * Returns the target host {@link AuthState authentication state}
      * 
      * @return host authentication state
      * 
      * @since 3.0
      */
     public AuthState getHostAuthState() {
         return this.hostAuthState;
     }
 
     /***
      * Returns the proxy {@link AuthState authentication state}
      * 
      * @return host authentication state
      * 
      * @since 3.0
      */
     public AuthState getProxyAuthState() {
         return this.proxyAuthState;
     }
     
     /***
      * Tests whether the execution of this method has been aborted
      * 
      * @return <tt>true</tt> if the execution of this method has been aborted,
      *  <tt>false</tt> otherwise
      * 
      * @since 3.0
      */
     public boolean isAborted() {
         return this.aborted;
     }
     
     /***
      * Returns <tt>true</tt> if the HTTP has been transmitted to the target
      * server in its entirety, <tt>false</tt> otherwise. This flag can be useful 
      * for recovery logic. If the request has not been transmitted in its entirety,
      * it is safe to retry the failed method.
      * 
      * @return <tt>true</tt> if the request has been sent, <tt>false</tt> otherwise
      */
     public boolean isRequestSent() {
         return this.requestSent;
     }
     
 }