Added URI variant methods to the RestTemplate.

org.springframework.web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/client/RestOperations.java

@@ -57,6 +57,15 @@ public interface RestOperations {
 	 */
 	<T> T getForObject(String url, Class<T> responseType, Map<String, String> uriVariables) throws RestClientException;
 
+	/**
+	 * Retrieve a representation by doing a GET on the URL . The response (if any) is converted and returned.
+	 *
+	 * @param url the URL
+	 * @param responseType the type of the return value
+	 * @return the converted object
+	 */
+	<T> T getForObject(URI url, Class<T> responseType) throws RestClientException;
+
 	// HEAD
 
 	/**
@@ -79,6 +88,14 @@ public interface RestOperations {
 	 */
 	HttpHeaders headForHeaders(String url, Map<String, String> uriVariables) throws RestClientException;
 
+	/**
+	 * Retrieve all headers of the resource specified by the URL.
+	 *
+	 * @param url the URL
+	 * @return all HTTP headers of that resource
+	 */
+	HttpHeaders headForHeaders(URI url) throws RestClientException;
+
 	// POST
 
 	/**
@@ -88,6 +105,7 @@ public interface RestOperations {
 	 *
 	 * @param url the URL
 	 * @param request the Object to be POSTed, may be <code>null</code>
+	 * @param uriVariables the variables to expand the template
 	 * @return the value for the <code>Location</code> header
 	 */
 	URI postForLocation(String url, Object request, String... uriVariables) throws RestClientException;
@@ -104,12 +122,23 @@ public interface RestOperations {
 	 */
 	URI postForLocation(String url, Object request, Map<String, String> uriVariables) throws RestClientException;
 
+	/**
+	 * Create a new resource by POSTing the given object to the URL, and returns the value of the
+	 * <code>Location</code> header. This header typically indicates where the new resource is stored.
+	 *
+	 * @param url the URL
+	 * @param request the Object to be POSTed, may be <code>null</code>
+	 * @return the value for the <code>Location</code> header
+	 */
+	URI postForLocation(URI url, Object request) throws RestClientException;
+
 	/**
 	 * Create a new resource by POSTing the given object to the URI template, and returns the representation
 	 * found in the response. <p>URI Template variables are expanded using the given URI variables, if any.
 	 *
 	 * @param url the URL
 	 * @param request the Object to be POSTed, may be <code>null</code>
+	 * @param uriVariables the variables to expand the template
 	 * @return the converted object
 	 */
 	<T> T postForObject(String url, Object request, Class<T> responseType, String... uriVariables)
@@ -121,11 +150,22 @@ public interface RestOperations {
 	 *
 	 * @param url the URL
 	 * @param request the Object to be POSTed, may be <code>null</code>
+	 * @param uriVariables the variables to expand the template
 	 * @return the converted object
 	 */
 	<T> T postForObject(String url, Object request, Class<T> responseType, Map<String, String> uriVariables)
 			throws RestClientException;
 
+	/**
+	 * Create a new resource by POSTing the given object to the URL, and returns the representation
+	 * found in the response.
+	 *
+	 * @param url the URL
+	 * @param request the Object to be POSTed, may be <code>null</code>
+	 * @return the converted object
+	 */
+	<T> T postForObject(URI url, Object request, Class<T> responseType) throws RestClientException;
+
 	// PUT
 
 	/**
@@ -148,6 +188,14 @@ public interface RestOperations {
 	 */
 	void put(String url, Object request, Map<String, String> uriVariables) throws RestClientException;
 
+	/**
+	 * Creates a new resource by PUTting the given object to URL.
+	 *
+	 * @param url the URL
+	 * @param request the Object to be PUT, may be <code>null</code>
+	 */
+	void put(URI url, Object request) throws RestClientException;
+
 	// DELETE
 
 	/**
@@ -167,6 +215,13 @@ public interface RestOperations {
 	 */
 	void delete(String url, Map<String, String> uriVariables) throws RestClientException;
 
+	/**
+	 * Delete the resources at the specified URL.
+	 *
+	 * @param url the URL
+	 */
+	void delete(URI url) throws RestClientException;
+
 	// OPTIONS
 
 	/**
@@ -188,10 +243,18 @@ public interface RestOperations {
 	 */
 	Set<HttpMethod> optionsForAllow(String url, Map<String, String> uriVariables) throws RestClientException;
 
+	/**
+	 * Return the value of the Allow header for the given URL.
+	 *
+	 * @param url the URL
+	 * @return the value of the allow header
+	 */
+	Set<HttpMethod> optionsForAllow(URI url) throws RestClientException;
+
 	// general execution
 
 	/**
-	 * Execute the HTTP methods to the given URI, preparing the request with the {@link RequestCallback}, and reading the
+	 * Execute the HTTP methods to the given URI template, preparing the request with the {@link RequestCallback}, and reading the
 	 * response with a {@link ResponseExtractor}. <p>URI Template variables are expanded using the given URI variables, if
 	 * any.
 	 *
@@ -209,7 +272,7 @@ public interface RestOperations {
 			String... uriVariables) throws RestClientException;
 
 	/**
-	 * Execute the HTTP methods to the given URI, preparing the request with the {@link RequestCallback}, and reading the
+	 * Execute the HTTP methods to the given URI template, preparing the request with the {@link RequestCallback}, and reading the
 	 * response with a {@link ResponseExtractor}. <p>URI Template variables are expanded using the given URI variables
 	 * map.
 	 *
@@ -226,4 +289,19 @@ public interface RestOperations {
 			ResponseExtractor<T> responseExtractor,
 			Map<String, String> uriVariables) throws RestClientException;
 
+	/**
+	 * Execute the HTTP methods to the given URL, preparing the request with the {@link RequestCallback}, and reading the
+	 * response with a {@link ResponseExtractor}.
+	 *
+	 * @param url the URL
+	 * @param method the HTTP method (GET, POST, etc)
+	 * @param requestCallback object that prepares the request
+	 * @param responseExtractor object that extracts the return value from the response
+	 * @return an arbitrary object, as returned by the {@link ResponseExtractor}
+	 */
+	<T> T execute(URI url,
+			HttpMethod method,
+			RequestCallback requestCallback,
+			ResponseExtractor<T> responseExtractor) throws RestClientException;
+
 }

org.springframework.web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/client/RestTemplate.java

@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ import org.springframework.http.client.ClientHttpRequest;
 import org.springframework.http.client.ClientHttpRequestFactory;
 import org.springframework.http.client.ClientHttpResponse;
 import org.springframework.http.client.support.HttpAccessor;
-import org.springframework.http.converter.BufferedImageHttpMessageConverter;
 import org.springframework.http.converter.ByteArrayHttpMessageConverter;
 import org.springframework.http.converter.FormHttpMessageConverter;
 import org.springframework.http.converter.HttpMessageConverter;
@@ -41,7 +40,7 @@ import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 import org.springframework.web.util.UriTemplate;
 
 /**
- * <strong>The central class for client-side HTTP access.</strong>. It simplifies communication with HTTP servers, and
+ * <strong>The central class for client-side HTTP access.</strong> It simplifies communication with HTTP servers, and
  * enforces RESTful principles. It handles HTTP connections, leaving application code to provide URLs (with possible
  * template variables) and extract results.
  *
@@ -55,9 +54,11 @@ import org.springframework.web.util.UriTemplate;
  * <tr><td></td><td>{@link #postForObject}</td></tr>
  * <tr><td>PUT</td><td>{@link #put}</td></tr> <tr><td>any</td><td>{@link #execute}</td></tr> </table>
  *
- * <p>Each of these methods takes {@linkplain UriTemplate uri template} arguments in two forms: as a {@code String}
- * variable arguments array, or as a {@code Map<String, String>}. The string varargs variant expands the given template
- * variables in order, so that
+ * <p>For each of these HTTP methods, there are three corresponding Java methods in the {@code RestTemplate}.
+ * Two variant take a {@code String} URI as first argument, and are capable of substituting any
+ * {@linkplain UriTemplate uri templates} in that URL using either a
+ * {@code String} variable arguments array, or a {@code Map<String, String>}. The string varargs variant expands the
+ * given template variables in order, so that
  * <pre>
  * String result = restTemplate.getForObject("http://example.com/hotels/{hotel}/bookings/{booking}", String.class,"42",
  * "21");
@@ -70,6 +71,8 @@ import org.springframework.web.util.UriTemplate;
  * String result = restTemplate.getForObject("http://example.com/hotels/{hotel}/rooms/{hotel}", String.class, vars);
  * </pre>
  * will perform a GET on {@code http://example.com/hotels/42/rooms/42}.
+ * Alternatively, there are {@link URI} variant methods, which do not allow for URI templates, but allow you to reuse a
+ * single, expanded URI multiple times.
  *
  * <p>Objects passed to and returned from these methods are converted to and from HTTP messages by {@link
  * HttpMessageConverter} instances. Converters for the main mime types are registered by default, but you can also write
@@ -175,6 +178,13 @@ public class RestTemplate extends HttpAccessor implements RestOperations {
 				new HttpMessageConverterExtractor<T>(responseType, supportedMessageConverters), urlVariables);
 	}
 
+	public <T> T getForObject(URI url, Class<T> responseType) throws RestClientException {
+		checkForSupportedMessageConverter(responseType);
+		List<HttpMessageConverter<T>> supportedMessageConverters = getSupportedMessageConverters(responseType);
+		return execute(url, HttpMethod.GET, new AcceptHeaderRequestCallback<T>(supportedMessageConverters),
+				new HttpMessageConverterExtractor<T>(responseType, supportedMessageConverters));
+	}
+
 	// HEAD
 
 	public HttpHeaders headForHeaders(String url, String... urlVariables) throws RestClientException {
@@ -185,6 +195,10 @@ public class RestTemplate extends HttpAccessor implements RestOperations {
 		return execute(url, HttpMethod.HEAD, null, this.headersExtractor, urlVariables);
 	}
 
+	public HttpHeaders headForHeaders(URI url) throws RestClientException {
+		return execute(url, HttpMethod.HEAD, null, this.headersExtractor);
+	}
+
 	// POST
 
 	public URI postForLocation(String url, Object request, String... urlVariables) throws RestClientException {
@@ -206,6 +220,15 @@ public class RestTemplate extends HttpAccessor implements RestOperations {
 		return headers.getLocation();
 	}
 
+	public URI postForLocation(URI url, Object request)
+			throws RestClientException {
+		if (request != null) {
+			checkForSupportedMessageConverter(request.getClass());
+		}
+		HttpHeaders headers = execute(url, HttpMethod.POST, new PostPutCallback(request), this.headersExtractor);
+		return headers.getLocation();
+	}
+
 	public <T> T postForObject(String url, Object request, Class<T> responseType, String... uriVariables)
 			throws RestClientException {
 		if (request != null) {
@@ -228,6 +251,16 @@ public class RestTemplate extends HttpAccessor implements RestOperations {
 				new HttpMessageConverterExtractor<T>(responseType, responseMessageConverters), uriVariables);
 	}
 
+	public <T> T postForObject(URI url, Object request, Class<T> responseType) throws RestClientException {
+		if (request != null) {
+			checkForSupportedMessageConverter(request.getClass());
+		}
+		checkForSupportedMessageConverter(responseType);
+		List<HttpMessageConverter<T>> responseMessageConverters = getSupportedMessageConverters(responseType);
+		return execute(url, HttpMethod.POST, new PostPutCallback<T>(request, responseMessageConverters),
+				new HttpMessageConverterExtractor<T>(responseType, responseMessageConverters));
+	}
+
 	// PUT
 
 	public void put(String url, Object request, String... urlVariables) throws RestClientException {
@@ -244,6 +277,13 @@ public class RestTemplate extends HttpAccessor implements RestOperations {
 		execute(url, HttpMethod.PUT, new PostPutCallback(request), null, urlVariables);
 	}
 
+	public void put(URI url, Object request) throws RestClientException {
+		if (request != null) {
+			checkForSupportedMessageConverter(request.getClass());
+		}
+		execute(url, HttpMethod.PUT, new PostPutCallback(request), null);
+	}
+
 	// DELETE
 
 	public void delete(String url, String... urlVariables) throws RestClientException {
@@ -254,6 +294,10 @@ public class RestTemplate extends HttpAccessor implements RestOperations {
 		execute(url, HttpMethod.DELETE, null, null, urlVariables);
 	}
 
+	public void delete(URI url) throws RestClientException {
+		execute(url, HttpMethod.DELETE, null, null);
+	}
+
 	// OPTIONS
 
 	public Set<HttpMethod> optionsForAllow(String url, String... urlVariables) throws RestClientException {
@@ -268,6 +312,12 @@ public class RestTemplate extends HttpAccessor implements RestOperations {
 		return headers.getAllow();
 	}
 
+	public Set<HttpMethod> optionsForAllow(URI url) throws RestClientException {
+
+		HttpHeaders headers = execute(url, HttpMethod.OPTIONS, null, this.headersExtractor);
+		return headers.getAllow();
+	}
+
 	// general execution
 
 	public <T> T execute(String url,
@@ -292,6 +342,13 @@ public class RestTemplate extends HttpAccessor implements RestOperations {
 		return doExecute(expanded, method, requestCallback, responseExtractor);
 	}
 
+	public <T> T execute(URI url,
+			HttpMethod method,
+			RequestCallback requestCallback,
+			ResponseExtractor<T> responseExtractor) throws RestClientException {
+		return doExecute(url, method, requestCallback, responseExtractor);
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Execute the given method on the provided URI. The {@link ClientHttpRequest} is processed using the {@link
 	 * RequestCallback}; the response with the {@link ResponseExtractor}.

org.springframework.web/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/client/RestTemplateIntegrationTests.java

@@ -114,8 +114,8 @@ public class RestTemplateIntegrationTests {
 	}
 
 	@Test
-	public void optionsForAllow() {
-		Set<HttpMethod> allowed = template.optionsForAllow("http://localhost:8889/get");
+	public void optionsForAllow() throws URISyntaxException {
+		Set<HttpMethod> allowed = template.optionsForAllow(new URI("http://localhost:8889/get"));
 		assertEquals("Invalid response",
 				EnumSet.of(HttpMethod.GET, HttpMethod.OPTIONS, HttpMethod.HEAD, HttpMethod.TRACE), allowed);
 	}