## com.google.gwt.http.client
Class RequestBuilder

    java.lang.Object
      com.google.gwt.http.client.RequestBuilder

    public class RequestBuilder

extends java.lang.Object

Builder for constructing `Request` objects.

By default, this builder is restricted to building HTTP GET and POST requests due to a bug in Safari's implementation of the `XmlHttpRequest` object.

Please see http://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3812 for more details.

### Required Module

Modules that use this class should inherit `com.google.gwt.http.HTTP`.

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Nested Class Summary
`static class` `RequestBuilder.Method` HTTP request method constants.

Field Summary
`static RequestBuilder.Method` `GET` Specifies that the HTTP GET method should be used.
`static RequestBuilder.Method` `POST` Specifies that the HTTP POST method should be used.

Constructor Summary
`` `RequestBuilder(RequestBuilder.Method httpMethod, java.lang.String url)` Creates a builder using the parameters for configuration.
`protected` `RequestBuilder(java.lang.String httpMethod, java.lang.String url)` Creates a builder using the parameters values for configuration.

Method Summary
`Request` `sendRequest(java.lang.String requestData, RequestCallback callback)` Sends an HTTP request based on the current builder configuration.
`void` `setHeader(java.lang.String header, java.lang.String value)` Sets a request header with the given name and value.
`void` `setPassword(java.lang.String password)` Sets the password to use in the request URL.
`void` `setTimeoutMillis(int timeoutMillis)` Sets the number of milliseconds to wait for a request to complete.
`void` `setUser(java.lang.String user)` Sets the user name that will be used in the request URL.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
`clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait`

Field Detail

### GET

    public static final RequestBuilder.Method GET

  Specifies that the HTTP GET method should be used.

### POST

    public static final RequestBuilder.Method POST

  Specifies that the HTTP POST method should be used.

Constructor Detail

### RequestBuilder

    public RequestBuilder(RequestBuilder.Method httpMethod,
                          java.lang.String url)

  Creates a builder using the parameters for configuration.

  Parameters:
    `httpMethod` - HTTP method to use for the request
    `url` - URL that has already has already been encoded. Please see `URL.encode(String)` and `URL.encodeComponent(String)` for how to do this.
  Throws:
    `java.lang.IllegalArgumentException` - if the httpMethod or URL are empty
    `java.lang.NullPointerException` - if the httpMethod or the URL are null

### RequestBuilder

    protected RequestBuilder(java.lang.String httpMethod,
                             java.lang.String url)

  Creates a builder using the parameters values for configuration.

  Parameters:
    `httpMethod` - HTTP method to use for the request
    `url` - URL that has already has already been URL encoded. Please see `URL.encode(String)` and `URL.encodeComponent(String)` for how to do this.
  Throws:
    `java.lang.IllegalArgumentException` - if the httpMethod or URL are empty
    `java.lang.NullPointerException` - if the httpMethod or the URL are null

    WARNING:This method is provided in order to allow the creation of HTTP request other than GET and POST to be made. If this is done, the developer must accept that the behavior on Safari is undefined.

Method Detail

### sendRequest

    public Request sendRequest(java.lang.String requestData,
                               RequestCallback callback)
                        throws RequestException

  Sends an HTTP request based on the current builder configuration. If no request headers have been set, the header "Content-Type" will be used with a value of "text/plain; charset=utf-8".

  Parameters:
    `requestData` - the data to send as part of the request
    `callback` - the response handler to be notified when the request fails or completes
  Returns:
    a `Request` object that can be used to track the request
  Throws:
    `RequestException`

### setHeader

    public void setHeader(java.lang.String header,
                          java.lang.String value)

  Sets a request header with the given name and value. If a header with the specified name has already been set then the new value overwrites the current value.

  Parameters:
    `header` - the name of the header
    `value` - the value of the header
  Throws:
    `java.lang.NullPointerException` - if header or value are null
    `java.lang.IllegalArgumentException` - if header or value are the empty string

### setPassword

    public void setPassword(java.lang.String password)

  Sets the password to use in the request URL. This is ignored if there is no user specified.

  Parameters:
    `password` - password to use in the request URL
  Throws:
    `java.lang.IllegalArgumentException` - if the password is empty
    `java.lang.NullPointerException` - if the password is null

### setTimeoutMillis

    public void setTimeoutMillis(int timeoutMillis)

  Sets the number of milliseconds to wait for a request to complete. Should the request timeout, the `RequestCallback.onError(Request, Throwable)` method will be called on the callback instance given to the `sendRequest(String, RequestCallback)` method. The callback method will receive an instance of the `RequestTimeoutException` class as its `Throwable` argument.

  Parameters:
    `timeoutMillis` - number of milliseconds to wait before canceling the request, a value of zero disables timeouts
  Throws:
    `java.lang.IllegalArgumentException` - if the timeout value is negative

### setUser

    public void setUser(java.lang.String user)

  Sets the user name that will be used in the request URL.

  Parameters:
    `user` - user name to use
  Throws:
    `java.lang.IllegalArgumentException` - if the user is empty
    `java.lang.NullPointerException` - if the user is null