Java URL Load readLines(URL url)

Description

Reads the lines of the given URL.

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
url	where to read lines from

Exception

Parameter	Description
IOException	thrown if URL not reachable

Return

a list of lines read

Declaration

public static List<String> readLines(URL url) throws IOException 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/**//from  ww w  . j a v  a  2 s  .  c om
 * Copyright 2014 SAP AG
 *
 * 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
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * 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.BufferedReader;
import java.io.IOException;

import java.io.InputStreamReader;

import java.net.URL;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Reads the lines of the given URL.
     * 
     * @param url
     *            where to read lines from
     * @return a list of lines read
     * @throws IOException
     *             thrown if URL not reachable
     */
    public static List<String> readLines(URL url) throws IOException {
        List<String> result = new ArrayList<String>();
        BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(
                url.openStream()));

        String line = "";

        do {
            line = reader.readLine();
            if (line != null) {
                result.add(line);
            }
        } while (line != null);

        reader.close();

        return result;
    }
}

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