How do I make a raw HTTP request in Java?

Question

I want to make a basic HTTP request using these tokens: http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec5.html

I know Java does it for you normally, but I want to specifically set certain tokens.

Answer 1

You may want to look at this question/answer session

Answer 2

Open a socket to port 80 on the host you want to connect to, and then just write to the stream in the same way you'd write to a file or the console.

Answer 3

Why reinvent the wheel ? The Apache Http Client 4 conforms to rfc2616.