URLConnection.getInputStream() has the following syntax.
public InputStream getInputStream() throws IOException
In the following code shows how to use URLConnection.getInputStream() method.
//ww w . ja va 2 s . c o m import java.io.InputStream; import java.net.URL; import java.net.URLConnection; public class Main{ public static void main(String args[]) throws Exception { URL url = new URL("http://www.google.com"); URLConnection httpCon = (URLConnection) url.openConnection(); InputStream s = httpCon.getInputStream(); } }