Network operations

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The Sourcerer can generate code which will let the Mobile Devices connect to other computers via HTTP. The options are

• Open an HTTP connection...
• HTTP operations on an opened connection...
• Close an HTTP connection...

To make an HTTP connection, a URL must first be entered. A URL may be "hard coded", retrieved from a part of the MIDlet, or programatically determined. Next the decision must be made whether a GET or POST HTTP Request will be made. At the same time, the name of the HTTP Connection Object must be specified, and if it is a new object or not.

For GET requests, there are six options. They are

• Get the entire contents of the URL as a String
• Get the entire contents of the URL as a byte array
• Get the Inputstream
• Get the encoding of the page
• Get the length of the page
• Get the type of the page

For POST requests, the information to be sent must be identified, and various parameters related to the request may be set. POST requests also have the same six options for the received page.