blah.java

public static JSONObject getOwnerOfConsumerId(String server, String port, String prefix, String authenticator, String authenticatorPassword, String consumerId) throws JSONException, Exception {
		JSONObject jsonOwner = null;
		JSONObject jsonConsumer = new JSONObject(CandlepinTasks.getResourceUsingRESTfulAPI(server, port, prefix, authenticator, authenticatorPassword,"/consumers/"+consumerId));	
		JSONObject jsonOwner_ = (JSONObject) jsonConsumer.getJSONObject("owner");
		// Warning: this authenticator, authenticatorPassword needs to be superAdmin
		jsonOwner = new JSONObject(CandlepinTasks.getResourceUsingRESTfulAPI(server, port, prefix, authenticator, authenticatorPassword,jsonOwner_.getString("href")));	
		return jsonOwner;
	}

	static public String getResourceUsingRESTfulAPI(String server, String port, String prefix, String authenticator, String password, String path) throws Exception {
		GetMethod get = new GetMethod("https://"+server+":"+port+prefix+path);
		String credentials = authenticator.equals("")? "":"-u "+authenticator+":"+password;
		log.info("SSH alternative to HTTP request: curl -k "+credentials+" --request GET https://"+server+":"+port+prefix+path);
		return getHTTPResponseAsString(client, get, authenticator, password);
	}