support PATCH method in http request

build.gradle

 group 'com.ipgallery.common'
-version '1.1.5'
+version '1.2.0'
 
 apply plugin: 'java'
 apply plugin: 'maven-publish'
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ repositories {
     //mavenCentral()
     //use mavenLocal in cases you want to create this jar on your local machine
     //or to be able to use one
-    //mavenLocal()
+    mavenLocal()
     maven { url "http://172.16.1.132:8081/repository/internal" }
     maven { url "http://mandubian-mvn.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/mandubian-mvn/repository" }
 }
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ dependencies {
     compile 'com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:2.2.3'
     compile 'com.googlecode.libphonenumber:libphonenumber:5.8'
     compile group: 'com.google.gdata', name: 'core', version: '1.47.1'
-    compile 'org.apache.httpcomponents:httpclient:4.1'
+    compile 'org.apache.httpcomponents:httpclient:4.5.2'
     compile 'org.apache.httpcomponents:httpmime:4.1'
     compile 'javax.ws.rs:javax.ws.rs-api:2.0'
     compile 'com.ipgallery.common:itc:1.0.0'

src/main/java/http/simpleHttpClient/SimpleHttpRequest.java

@@ -7,18 +7,14 @@ import java.util.List;
 //import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Map.Entry;
-
+import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
 
 
 //import javax.ws.rs.core.HttpHeaders;
 //import javax.ws.rs.core.MediaType;
 
 
-import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpDelete;
-import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpGet;
-import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpPost;
-import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpPut;
-import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpUriRequest;
+import org.apache.http.client.methods.*;
 import org.apache.http.cookie.Cookie;
 import org.apache.http.entity.StringEntity;
 
@@ -44,11 +40,14 @@ public class SimpleHttpRequest {
 				return "PUT";
 			}
 		},
-		DELETE{
+		DELETE {
 			public String toString() {
 				return "DELETE";
 			}
 		},
+		PATCH {
+			public String toString() { return "PATCH"; }
+		}
 	}
 	protected String protocol = "http";  // default is http
 	protected Method method = null;
@@ -144,6 +143,8 @@ public class SimpleHttpRequest {
 				return buildPutRequest();
 			case DELETE:
 				return buildDeleteRequest();
+			case PATCH:
+				return buildPatchRequest();
 		}
 		return null;
 	}
@@ -178,7 +179,7 @@ public class SimpleHttpRequest {
 		return getRequest;
 	}
 
-	protected HttpUriRequest buildPostRequest() throws UnsupportedEncodingException {
+	protected HttpUriRequest buildPostRequest() {
 
 		// build URI
 		StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
@@ -206,15 +207,20 @@ public class SimpleHttpRequest {
 
 		// add content
 		if (content != null) {
+			try {
 				StringEntity contentEntity =  new StringEntity(content,"UTF-8");
 				contentEntity.setContentType(contentType);
 				postRequest.setEntity(contentEntity);
+			} catch (Exception e) {
+				e.printStackTrace();
+				return null;
+			}
 		}
 
 		return postRequest;
 	}
 
-	protected HttpUriRequest buildPutRequest() throws UnsupportedEncodingException {
+	protected HttpUriRequest buildPutRequest() {
 
 		// build URI
 		StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
@@ -242,10 +248,15 @@ public class SimpleHttpRequest {
 
 		// add content
 		if (content != null) {
+			try {
 				StringEntity contentEntity =  new StringEntity(content);
 				//contentEntity.setContentType("application/json");
 				contentEntity.setContentType(contentType);
 				putRequest.setEntity(contentEntity);
+			} catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
+				e.printStackTrace();
+				return null;
+			}
 		}
 
 		return putRequest;
@@ -279,4 +290,45 @@ public class SimpleHttpRequest {
 
 		return deleteRequest;
 	}
+	protected HttpUriRequest buildPatchRequest() {
+
+		// build URI
+		StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
+		sb.append(protocol+"://");
+		sb.append(domain);
+		if (port > 0) {
+			sb.append(":");
+			sb.append(port);
+		}
+		sb.append("/");
+		if (path != null)
+			sb.append(path);
+		if (queryString != null) {
+			sb.append("?");
+			sb.append(queryString);
+		}
+
+		String uri = sb.toString();
+		HttpPatch PatchRequest = new HttpPatch(uri);
+
+		// add headers
+		for(Entry<String, String> hdr : headers.entrySet()) {
+			PatchRequest.addHeader(hdr.getKey(), hdr.getValue());
+		}
+
+		// add content
+		if (content != null) {
+			try {
+				StringEntity contentEntity =  new StringEntity(content,"UTF-8");
+				contentEntity.setContentType(contentType);
+				PatchRequest.setEntity(contentEntity);
+			} catch (Exception e) {
+				e.printStackTrace();
+				return null;
+			}
+		}
+
+		return PatchRequest;
+	}
+
 }