Create an Image from a URL in Java

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import java.awt.Image;
import java.awt.Toolkit;
import java.net.URL;

public class Main {
  public static void main(String[] argv) throws Exception {
    URL url = new URL("http://hostname:80/image.gif");

    Image image = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getDefaultToolkit().createImage(url);
  }
}