Package ucar.unidata.io

Class ReadFromUrl

java.lang.Object

ucar.unidata.io.ReadFromUrl

public class ReadFromUrl
extends Object

Note: checks for gzip. Shouldnt that be handled automatically? Static utility methods that read from URLs, using URLConnection. Could replace with java.net.http.HttpClient. Only used in ToolUI?

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
ReadFromUrl()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static long	copyUrlB(String urlString, OutputStream out, int bufferSize)	copy contents of URL to output stream, specify internal buffer size.
static InputStream	getInputStreamFromUrl(String urlString)	get input stream from URL
static String	readURLcontents(String urlString)	Read the contents from the named URL and place into a String.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

ReadFromUrl

public ReadFromUrl()

Method Detail

copyUrlB

public static long copyUrlB(String urlString,
                            OutputStream out,
                            int bufferSize)
                     throws IOException

copy contents of URL to output stream, specify internal buffer size. request gzip encoding

Parameters:

urlString - copy the contents of this URL

out - copy to this stream. If null, throw bytes away

bufferSize - internal buffer size.

Returns:

number of bytes copied

Throws:

IOException - on io error

getInputStreamFromUrl

public static InputStream getInputStreamFromUrl(String urlString)
                                         throws IOException

get input stream from URL

Parameters:

urlString - URL

Returns:

input stream, unzipped if needed

Throws:

IOException - on io error

readURLcontents

public static String readURLcontents(String urlString)
                              throws IOException

Read the contents from the named URL and place into a String.

Parameters:

urlString - the URL to read from.

Returns:

String holding the contents.

Throws:

IOException - if fails