This method invokes the HTTP method. The method(String method, Class<T> c) method does not include any entity in the request, but receives a response entity.

public <T> T method(String method,

Class<T> c)

throws UniformInterfaceException

method

This is an HTTP method.

c

This is the type of an HTTP response entity.

The method(String method, Class<T> c) method returns the object of the specified type.

UniformInterfaceException

This exception is thrown if any of the following conditions is fulfilled. The error message KDJJ18888-E is output to the log.

• If the status code of the HTTP response is 204
• If the status code of the HTTP response is 300 or more and the c parameter is not of the ClientResponse type

• Specify uppercase GET, HEAD, POST, OPTIONS, PUT, or DELETE in the method parameter.
• For the Java types available for an HTTP response entity, see 25.15.2 Combination of Java types and MIME media types available for an HTTP response entity.
• If an exception is thrown during the processing of an HTTP request or an HTTP response, an error (KDJJ18888-E) occurs and the ClientHandlerException exception that wraps this exception is thrown.