Java URL Load readAsStringUTF8(URL url)

Description

Reads UTF 8 from a URL into String (usable to load form file also).

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
url	a parameter

Exception

Parameter	Description
RuntimeException	on any exception.

Declaration

public static String readAsStringUTF8(URL url) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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 ******************************************************************************/

import java.io.BufferedReader;

import java.io.IOException;

import java.io.InputStreamReader;

import java.net.URL;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Reads UTF 8 from a URL into String (usable to load form file also).
     *  
     * @param url
     * @return
     * @throws RuntimeException on any exception.
     */
    public static String readAsStringUTF8(URL url) {
        StringBuffer str = new StringBuffer(10000);
        String cur;
        BufferedReader br = null;
        try {
            br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(url.openStream(), "UTF-8"));
            do {
                cur = br.readLine();
                if (cur != null) {
                    str.append(cur);
                }
            } while (cur != null);
        } catch (Exception e) {
            throw new RuntimeException(e);
        } finally {
            try {
                if (br != null)
                    br.close();
            } catch (IOException e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
            }
        }
        return str.toString();
    }
}

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