Re: Opening files from a web server using Java servlets

in message <1161582925.732684.27740@f16g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>, jonesy
('3" <jonesy5656@gmail.com') wrote:


You don't need this. See java.net.URL.openStream().

Simply open the stream, schlurp the contents either into memory or a local
file, or simply print it directly to the output stream. For example:

        /**
         * read the value at this URL and return it as a string
         *
         * @param source where to read from
         *
         * @return a string representation of the data fetched from the URL
         *
         * @since Jacquard 1.9
         */
        protected String readStringFromURL( URL source ) throws IOException
        {
                BufferedReader in =
                        new BufferedReader( new InputStreamReader( source.openStream( ) ) );

                StringBuffer buf = new StringBuffer( );

                for ( String line = in.readLine( ); line != null;
                                        line = in.readLine( ) )
                {
                        buf.append( line );
                        buf.append( '\n' );
                }

                return buf.toString( );
        }

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simon@jasmine.org.uk (Simon Brooke) http://www.jasmine.org.uk/~simon/

        ;; I'll have a proper rant later, when I get the time.