[GROOVY-7425] Add 'getBytes(Map parameters)' method to the URL class

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 2.4.4
• Component/s: groovy-jdk
• Assignee: Paul King
• Reporter: Michael Fairfield
• Created: 13/May/15 12:20
• Updated: 21/Jul/15 10:30
• Resolved: 19/May/15 15:31

Description

The URL class has a getText(Map parameters) method but no getBytes(Map parameters).

So currently we can't set the user agent and other parameters when downloading files with the getBytes method.

Issue Links

• is related to: GROOVY-3921 Add connection configuration options to URL.getText(), URL.newInputStream() and URL.newReader()