/**
* Workaround for a bug in <code>HttpURLConnection.setRequestMethod(String)</code> The
* implementation of Sun Microsystems is throwing a <code>ProtocolException</code> when the method
* is other than the HTTP/1.1 default methods. So to use PROPFIND and others, we must apply this
* workaround.
*
* <p>See issue http://java.net/jira/browse/JERSEY-639
*/
private static final void setRequestMethodUsingWorkaroundForJREBug(
final HttpURLConnection httpURLConnection, final String method) {
try {
httpURLConnection.setRequestMethod(method); // Check whether we are running on a buggy JRE
} catch (final ProtocolException pe) {
try {
final Class<?> httpURLConnectionClass = httpURLConnection.getClass();
final Field methodField = httpURLConnectionClass.getSuperclass().getDeclaredField("method");
methodField.setAccessible(true);
methodField.set(httpURLConnection, method);
} catch (final Exception e) {
throw new RuntimeException(e);
}
}
}
