Java HTTP Read getReader(String url)

Description

Obtains a reader for the given URL.

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
url	a parameter

Exception

Parameter	Description
IOException	an exception

Declaration

public static Reader getReader(String url) throws IOException 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*//ww  w.  j  av  a  2s  .  c  o  m
 * Copyright 2005 Ashley Williams.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
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 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.io.Reader;
import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
import java.net.URL;
import java.net.URLConnection;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Obtains a reader for the given URL. The returned reader should be closed.
     * 
     * @param url
     * @return
     * @throws IOException
     */
    public static Reader getReader(String url) throws IOException {
        URLConnection connection = new URL(url).openConnection();
        if (connection instanceof HttpURLConnection) {
            ((HttpURLConnection) connection).setRequestMethod("GET");
        }
        connection.connect();
        return new InputStreamReader(connection.getInputStream());
    }
}

Related

1. getInputStreamFromURL(String urlname)
2. getInputStreamFromUrl(String urlString)
3. getInputStreamReader(String httpUrl, int timeout)
4. getJsonFromUrlWithJsonParameter(String url, String jsonRequest)
5. getJsonString(String url)
6. getResult(String urlStr, String content)
7. readData(HttpURLConnection conn)
8. readError(HttpURLConnection conn)
9. readGetEx(String url)