Java URL to InputStream getInputStream(URL url)

Description

Returns an input stream for the given URL.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
url	the url to open as a stream

Exception

Parameter	Description
IOException	if there is trouble creating the stream

Return

the stream associated with the URL

Declaration

public static InputStream getInputStream(URL url) throws IOException 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/**//  w  w w  . jav a  2  s  . c o  m
 * Copyright 2001 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
 * 
 * See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and
 * redistribution of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL 
 * WARRANTIES.
 */

import java.net.URL;
import java.io.FileInputStream;

import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.IOException;

public class Main {
    /** Returns an input stream for the given URL. If the URL is pointing to a local file, returns a file input stream
     * suitable for MemoryMapped IO, otherwise, returns a buffered input stream.
     * @param url the url to open as a stream
     * @return the stream associated with the URL
     * @throws IOException if there is trouble creating the stream */
    public static InputStream getInputStream(URL url) throws IOException {
        if (url.getProtocol().equals("file")) {
            return new FileInputStream(url.getFile());
        } else {
            return url.openStream();
        }
    }
}

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2. getInputStream(URL sourceURL)
3. getInputStream(URL url)
4. getInputStream(URL url)
5. getInputStream(URL url)
6. getInputStream(URL urlFile)
7. getInputStream(URLConnection c)
8. getInputStream(URLConnection connection)
9. getInputStream(URLConnection paramURLConnection)