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+package com.facebook.thrift.transport;
+
+import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import java.net.URL;
+import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
+
+/**
+ * HTTP implementation of the TTransport interface. Used for working with a
+ * Thrift web services implementation.
+ *
+ * @author Mark Slee <mcslee@facebook.com>
+ */
+public class THttpClient extends TTransport {
+
+  private URL url_ = null;
+
+  private final ByteArrayOutputStream requestBuffer_ =
+    new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+
+  private InputStream inputStream_ = null;
+
+  private int connectTimeout_ = 0;
+
+  private int readTimeout_ = 0;
+
+  public THttpClient(String url) throws TTransportException {
+    try {
+      url_ = new URL(url);
+    } catch (IOException iox) {
+      throw new TTransportException(iox);
+    }
+  }
+
+  public void setConnectTimeout(int timeout) {
+    connectTimeout_ = timeout;
+  }
+
+  public void setReadTimeout(int timeout) {
+    readTimeout_ = timeout;
+  }
+
+  public void open() {}
+
+  public void close() {}
+
+  public boolean isOpen() {
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  public int read(byte[] buf, int off, int len) throws TTransportException {
+    if (inputStream_ == null) {
+      throw new TTransportException("Response buffer is empty, no request.");
+    }
+    try {
+      int ret = inputStream_.read(buf, off, len);
+      if (ret == -1) {
+        throw new TTransportException("No more data available.");
+      }
+      return ret;
+    } catch (IOException iox) {
+      throw new TTransportException(iox);
+    }
+  }
+
+  public void write(byte[] buf, int off, int len) {
+    requestBuffer_.write(buf, off, len);
+  }
+
+  public void flush() throws TTransportException {
+    // Extract request and reset buffer
+    byte[] data = requestBuffer_.toByteArray(); 
+    requestBuffer_.reset();
+
+    try {
+      // Create connection object
+      HttpURLConnection connection = (HttpURLConnection)url_.openConnection();
+
+      // Timeouts, only if explicitly set
+      if (connectTimeout_ > 0) {
+        connection.setConnectTimeout(connectTimeout_);
+      }
+      if (readTimeout_ > 0) {
+        connection.setReadTimeout(readTimeout_);
+      }
+
+      // Make the request
+      connection.setRequestMethod("POST");
+      connection.setRequestProperty("Content-Type", "application/x-thrift");
+      connection.setRequestProperty("Accept", "application/x-thrift");
+      connection.setRequestProperty("User-Agent", "Java/THttpClient");
+      connection.setDoOutput(true);
+      connection.connect();
+      connection.getOutputStream().write(data);
+
+      int responseCode = connection.getResponseCode();
+      if (responseCode != HttpURLConnection.HTTP_OK) {
+        throw new TTransportException("HTTP Response code: " + responseCode);
+      }
+
+      // Read the responses
+      inputStream_ = connection.getInputStream();
+
+    } catch (IOException iox) {
+      throw new TTransportException(iox);
+    } 
+  }
+}