HttpClient throwing UnknownHostException

[Allistair Crossley <a....@obvious.uk.com>]

I have just started to use HttpClient. The code compiles fine and I have
used the test cases as guidance.

However, my code throws an UnknownHostException and I am not sure why. I
have tested this with the jakarta host and port 80 but it does not work. I
am on a LAN so there is a connection.

I attach my code here

import java.io.*;

import org.apache.commons.httpclient.*;
import org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods.GetMethod;


public class HTTPPoster2 extends Thread
{
	public HTTPPoster2()
	{
		start();
	}

	public void run()
	{
		System.out.println("HTTPPoster Started");

		try { Thread.sleep(2000); } catch(InterruptedException iE) { ; }

		try
		{
			GetMethod httpGet = new GetMethod();

			HttpClient httpClient = new HttpClient();
			httpClient.startSession("http://jakarta.apache.org", 80);
			httpClient.executeMethod(httpGet);
        	httpClient.endSession();

        	System.out.println("Response: " +
httpGet.getResponseBodyAsString());

		}
		catch(IOException ioE)
		{
			System.out.println("HTTPPoster IOException: " + ioE);
		}
		catch(HttpException ioE)
		{
			System.out.println("HTTPPoster HttpException: " + ioE);
		}
		catch(IllegalStateException isE)
		{
			System.out.println("HTTPPoster IllegalStateException: " + isE);
		}

		System.out.println("HTTPPoster Ended");
	}
}


Allistair Crossley
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