Send a REST Request using StringBuilder Bodies

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Demonstrates Rest.FullRequestSb, which sends a complete request whose text body is read from a StringBuilder and stores the text response body in a second StringBuilder.

import com.chilkatsoft.*;

public class ChilkatExample {

  static {
    try {
        System.loadLibrary("chilkat");
    } catch (UnsatisfiedLinkError e) {
      System.err.println("Native code library failed to load.\n" + e);
      System.exit(1);
    }
  }

  public static void main(String argv[])
  {
    boolean success = false;

    CkRest rest = new CkRest();
    boolean bTls = true;
    boolean bAutoReconnect = true;
    success = rest.Connect("example.com",443,bTls,bAutoReconnect);
    if (success == false) {
        System.out.println(rest.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    //  FullRequestSb sends a request whose text body is read from a StringBuilder and stores the text
    //  response body in a second StringBuilder.  This avoids extra string conversions for large bodies.
    CkStringBuilder sbRequest = new CkStringBuilder();
    sbRequest.Append("{ \"query\": \"chilkat\" }");

    rest.AddHeader("Content-Type","application/json");

    CkStringBuilder sbResponse = new CkStringBuilder();
    success = rest.FullRequestSb("POST","/api/search",sbRequest,sbResponse);
    if (success == false) {
        System.out.println(rest.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    String responseText = sbResponse.getAsString();
    if (sbResponse.get_LastMethodSuccess() == false) {
        System.out.println(sbResponse.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    System.out.println(responseText);
  }
}