Java URL Load readURLToString(URL u, String encoding)

Description

Reads a string from a URL

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
u	the URL
encoding	the character encoding

Exception

Parameter	Description
IOException	if the URL contents could not be read

Return

the string

Declaration

public static String readURLToString(URL u, String encoding)
        throws IOException 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.net.URL;

public class Main {
    /**/*from ww w.j av  a  2  s .  c  o  m*/
     * Reads a string from a URL
     * @param u the URL
     * @param encoding the character encoding
     * @return the string
     * @throws IOException if the URL contents could not be read
     */
    public static String readURLToString(URL u, String encoding)
            throws IOException {
        return readStreamToString(u.openStream(), encoding);
    }

    /**
     * Reads a string from a stream. Closes the stream after reading.
     * @param is the stream
     * @param encoding the character encoding
     * @return the string
     * @throws IOException if the stream contents could not be read
     */
    public static String readStreamToString(InputStream is, String encoding)
            throws IOException {
        try {
            StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
            byte[] buf = new byte[1024 * 10];
            int read;
            while ((read = is.read(buf)) >= 0) {
                sb.append(new String(buf, 0, read, encoding));
            }
            return sb.toString();
        } finally {
            is.close();
        }
    }
}

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