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+package net.floodlightcontroller.bgproute;
+
+import java.io.BufferedReader;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStreamReader;
+import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
+import java.net.MalformedURLException;
+import java.net.URL;
+
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+
+public class RestClient {
+	protected static Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(RestClient.class);
+
+	public static String get(String str) {
+		StringBuilder response = new StringBuilder();
+
+		try {
+
+			URL url = new URL(str);
+			HttpURLConnection conn = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
+			conn.setRequestMethod("GET");
+			conn.setRequestProperty("Accept", "application/json");
+
+			if (conn.getResponseCode() != 200) {
+				throw new RuntimeException("Failed : HTTP error code : "
+						+ conn.getResponseCode());
+			}
+
+			if (!conn.getContentType().equals("application/json")){	
+				log.warn("The content received from {} is not json", str);
+			}		
+
+			BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader((conn.getInputStream()))); 
+			String line;
+			while ((line = br.readLine()) != null) {
+				response.append(line);
+			}
+			
+			br.close();
+			conn.disconnect();
+			
+		} catch (MalformedURLException e) {
+			log.error("Malformed URL for GET request", e);
+		} catch (IOException e) {
+			log.warn("Couldn't connect remote REST server");
+		}
+		
+		return response.toString();
+	}
+
+	public static void post (String str) {
+
+		try {
+			URL url = new URL(str);
+			HttpURLConnection conn = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
+			conn.setDoOutput(true);
+			conn.setRequestMethod("POST");
+			conn.setRequestProperty("Content-Type", "application/json");		
+
+			if (conn.getResponseCode() != 200) {
+				throw new RuntimeException("Failed : HTTP error code : "
+						+ conn.getResponseCode());
+			}
+
+			conn.disconnect();
+
+		} catch (MalformedURLException e) {
+			log.error("Malformed URL for GET request", e);
+		} catch (IOException e) {
+			log.warn("Couldn't connect remote REST server");
+		}
+	}
+
+
+	public static void delete (String str) {
+
+		try {
+			URL url = new URL(str);
+			HttpURLConnection conn = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
+			conn.setRequestMethod("DELETE");
+			conn.setRequestProperty("Accept", "application/json");
+
+
+			if (conn.getResponseCode() != 200) {
+				throw new RuntimeException("Failed : HTTP error code : "
+						+ conn.getResponseCode());
+			}
+
+			conn.disconnect();
+
+		} catch (MalformedURLException e) {
+			log.error("Malformed URL for GET request", e);
+		} catch (IOException e) {
+			log.warn("Couldn't connect remote REST server");
+		}
+	}
+}