ui/src/main/java/ucar/nc2/ui/util/SocketMessage.java
public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
    if (false) {
      new SocketMessage( 9999, "startNewServer");
      raw = true;

    } else {
      String url = "http://localhost:8080/thredds/test/it" // + EscapeStrings.escapeOGC("yabba/bad[0]/good")
               +"?"+EscapeStrings.escapeOGC("quuery[1]");
      System.out.printf("send '%s'%n", url);
      try (HTTPMethod method = HTTPFactory.Head(url)) {
          method.execute();
          int status = method.getStatusCode();
          System.out.printf("%d%n", status);
      } // close method, close method internal session
    }
  }
public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
    if (false) {
      new SocketMessage( 9999, "startNewServer");
      raw = true;

    } else {
      String url = "http://localhost:8080/thredds/test/it" // + EscapeStrings.escapeOGC("yabba/bad[0]/good")
               +"?"+EscapeStrings.escapeOGC("quuery[1]");
      System.out.printf("send '%s'%n", url);
      try (HTTPMethod method = HTTPFactory.Head(url)) {
          method.execute();
          int status = method.getStatusCode();
          System.out.printf("%d%n", status);
      } // close method, close method internal session
    }
  }
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