Java Utililty Methods URL to InputStream

if (name.startsWith("resource:")) {
    URL url = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader().getResource(name.substring(9));
    if (url == null)
        throw new FileNotFoundException(name);
    return url.openStream();
if (name.indexOf(':') < 2)
    return new FileInputStream(name);
...

try {
    return url.openStream();
} catch (IOException e) {
    System.out.println("#URL: " + url);
    System.out.println(e.toString());
    throw e;

URL url;
try {
    url = new URL(urlStr);
} catch (MalformedURLException e) {
    throw new RuntimeException(e);
InputStream in;
try {
...

return openStream(url, URL_TIMEOUT);

File file = toFile(url);
if (file != null) {
    return new FileInputStream(file);
URLConnection connection = url.openConnection();
if (connection instanceof JarURLConnection) {
    connection.setUseCaches(false);
InputStream is = connection.getInputStream();
return is;

try {
    return url.openStream();
} catch (IOException e) {
    throw new UncheckedIOException(e);

try {
    URLConnection connection = url.openConnection();
    connection.setUseCaches(false);
    return connection.getInputStream();
} catch (IOException e) {
    String msg = "Failed to open the stream: url=" + url;
    throw new IllegalStateException(msg, e);

URLConnection connection = url.openConnection();
if (connection instanceof JarURLConnection) {
    connection.setUseCaches(false);
InputStream is = connection.getInputStream();
return is;

URLConnection conn = url.openConnection();
conn.setConnectTimeout(CONNECT_TIMEOUT);
conn.setReadTimeout(READ_TIMEOUT);
return conn.getInputStream();

return getInputStream(openConnection(url));