Is Http Url Available
//package net.bible.service.common; import java.io.IOException; import java.net.HttpURLConnection; import java.net.URL; // class CommonUtils { public static boolean isHttpUrlAvailable(String urlString) { HttpURLConnection connection = null; try { // might as well test for the url we need to access URL url = new URL(urlString); connection = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection(); connection.setConnectTimeout(3000); connection.connect(); boolean success = (connection.getResponseCode() == HttpURLConnection.HTTP_OK); return success; } catch (IOException e) { return false; } finally { if (connection != null) { connection.disconnect(); } } } }