private ResponseStream sendSyncRequest(
HttpRequest request, RequestParams params, String contentType) throws HttpException {
if (contentType != null) {
request.setHeader("Content-Type", contentType);
}
SyncHttpHandler handler =
new SyncHttpHandler(httpClient, httpContext, defaultResponseTextCharset);
handler.setExpiry(currentRequestExpiry);
handler.setHttpRedirectHandler(httpRedirectHandler);
request.setRequestParams(params);
try {
return handler.sendRequest(request);
} catch (com.fortune.util.HttpException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
return null;
}