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+/*******************************************************************************
+
+        copyright:      Copyright (c) 2004 Kris Bell. All rights reserved
+
+        license:        BSD style: $(LICENSE)
+
+        version:        Initial release: January 2006
+        
+        author:         Kris
+
+*******************************************************************************/
+
+module tango.net.http.HttpGet;
+
+public  import  tango.net.Uri;
+
+private import  tango.io.GrowBuffer;
+
+private import  tango.net.http.HttpClient,
+                tango.net.http.HttpHeaders;
+
+/*******************************************************************************
+
+        Supports the basic needs of a client making requests of an HTTP
+        server. The following is a usage example:
+        ---
+        // open a web-page for reading (see HttpPost for writing)
+        auto page = new HttpGet ("http://www.digitalmars.com/d/intro.html");
+
+        // retrieve and flush display content
+        Cout (cast(char[]) page.read) ();
+        ---
+
+*******************************************************************************/
+
+class HttpGet : HttpClient
+{      
+        private GrowBuffer buffer;
+
+        /***********************************************************************
+        
+                Create a client for the given URL. The argument should be
+                fully qualified with an "http:" or "https:" scheme, or an
+                explicit port should be provided.
+
+        ***********************************************************************/
+
+        this (char[] url, uint pageChunk = 16 * 1024)
+        {
+                this (new Uri(url), pageChunk);
+        }
+
+        /***********************************************************************
+        
+                Create a client with the provided Uri instance. The Uri should 
+                be fully qualified with an "http:" or "https:" scheme, or an
+                explicit port should be provided. 
+
+        ***********************************************************************/
+
+        this (Uri uri, uint pageChunk = 16 * 1024)
+        {
+                super (HttpClient.Get, uri);
+                buffer = new GrowBuffer (pageChunk, pageChunk);
+        }
+
+        /***********************************************************************
+        
+        ***********************************************************************/
+
+        void[] read ()
+        {
+                try {
+                    buffer.clear;
+                    open (buffer);
+                    if (isResponseOK)
+                        buffer.fill (getResponseHeaders.getInt(HttpHeader.ContentLength, uint.max));
+                    } finally {close;}
+                return buffer.slice;
+        }
+}
+