Read from URL

import java.io.BufferedInputStream;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.io.Reader;
import java.net.URL;
/*from  j  ava 2 s. co m*/
public class Main {

  public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {

    URL u = new URL("http://www.java2s.com");
    InputStream in = u.openStream();

    in = new BufferedInputStream(in);

    Reader r = new InputStreamReader(in);
    int c;
    while ((c = r.read()) != -1) {
      System.out.print((char) c);
    }
  }

}

import java.awt.Image;
import java.awt.Toolkit;
import java.net.URL;
/*jav  a  2  s  .  com*/
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);
  }
}