Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; //License from project: Apache License import java.net.URL; import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilder; import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory; import org.w3c.dom.Document; public class Main { private static DocumentBuilderFactory mFactory = null; /** * @param xmlURL is a URL to an XML document * @return the Document contained in the content at tha tURL */ public static Document readURL(String xmlURL) { ensureFactory(); try { URL u = new URL(xmlURL); DocumentBuilder builder = mFactory.newDocumentBuilder(); return builder.parse(u.openStream()); } catch (Exception e) { e.printStackTrace(); return null; } } private static synchronized void ensureFactory() { if (mFactory == null) { mFactory = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance(); mFactory.setValidating(false); mFactory.setCoalescing(true); mFactory.setExpandEntityReferences(false); } } }