[HTTP] problem z logami

mam taki o to kod :)

import java.io.*;
import java.net.Socket;
import java.util.StringTokenizer;

import org.apache.commons.httpclient.*;
import org.apache.commons.httpclient.auth.AuthScope;
import org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods.GetMethod;
import org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods.HeadMethod;
import org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods.OptionsMethod;
 
public class t6
{
  public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception 
  {
    // Enable proxy to host logging
	 

	 // System.setProperty("org.apache.commons.logging.simplelog.log.org.apache.commons.httpclient", "debug");
    System.setProperty("org.apache.commons.logging.Log", "org.apache.commons.logging.impl.SimpleLog");
   
    //System.setProperty("org.apache.commons.logging.simplelog.showdatetime", "true");
    System.setProperty("org.apache.commons.logging.simplelog.log.httpclient.wire.header", "debug");
    
    //System.setProperty("org.apache.commons.logging.simplelog.log.org.apache.commons.httpclient", "debug");
    // Update this to the actual URL
    String url = "http://www.tu.kielce.pl"; 
    HttpClient client = new HttpClient();
    HttpMethod method = new HeadMethod(url);
    HostConfiguration hostConfig= client.getHostConfiguration();
    // Update this to point to NTLM enabled proxy
    hostConfig.setProxy("192.168.9.1", 3128); 
    
    int statusCode = client.executeMethod(method);
    System.out.println("Stat=" +HttpStatus.getStatusText(statusCode));
    String strOutput = method.getResponseBodyAsString();
  
    
    // Write the output to a local file
    PrintWriter writer = new PrintWriter(new FileWriter("c:/down.html"));
    writer.println(strOutput);
    writer.close();
  }
}

i chodzi o to ze potrzebuje jakos przekierowac to co program wyrzuca mi na konsole (logi) do zmiennej typu string aby pozniej poobcinac potrzebne dane, a pozniej takze wyswietlac je tam gdzie bede tego potrzebowal (w planach gui). Chodzi o to ze metoda:

method.getResponseBodyAsString();

zwraca mi nulle dla HeadMethod OptionsMethod, dziala jedynie dobrze dla GetMethod. Dlatego wlasnie musze przekierowac logi do stringow. z gory dziekuje za jakies wskazowki.