Java URL Load readStringFromUrl(URL url)

Description

Reads content from specified URL

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
url	a parameter

Exception

Parameter	Description
IOException	an exception

Return

Read content as string.

Declaration

public static String readStringFromUrl(URL url) throws IOException 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;

import java.io.*;

import java.net.URL;

public class Main {
    /**//from   www.j a  va2s  .c  o  m
     * Reads content from specified URL
     * @param url
     * @throws IOException
     * @return Read content as string.
     */
    public static String readStringFromUrl(URL url) throws IOException {
        StringBuffer buffer = new StringBuffer();
        BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(url.openStream()));
        int ch;
        while ((ch = in.read()) != -1) {
            buffer.append((char) ch);
        }
        in.close();

        return buffer.toString();
    }
}

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