Java URL Connection getResultsWithEncoding(URLConnection source, String encoding)

Description

Download the URL using specified encoding and return contents as a String.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
source	encoding

Exception

Parameter	Description
IOException	an exception

Declaration

public static String getResultsWithEncoding(URLConnection source, String encoding) throws IOException 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*  Copyright (C) 2003-2012 JabRef contributors.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.// w ww.j a  v a  2  s. c  o  m
    
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
GNU General Public License for more details.
    
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
*/

import java.io.*;

import java.net.URLConnection;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Download the URL using specified encoding and return contents as a String.
     * @param source
     * encoding
     * @return
     * @throws IOException
     */
    public static String getResultsWithEncoding(URLConnection source, String encoding) throws IOException {

        InputStreamReader in;
        if (encoding != null) {
            in = new InputStreamReader(source.getInputStream(), encoding);
        } else {
            in = new InputStreamReader(source.getInputStream());
        }

        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
        while (true) {
            int byteRead = in.read();
            if (byteRead == -1)
                break;
            sb.append((char) byteRead);
        }
        return sb.toString();
    }
}

Related

1. getPageContent(String inputUrlString)
2. getRealURL(URL url)
3. getRemoteTimestamp(final String url)
4. getRequest(URLConnection conn)
5. getRequestHeaders(URLConnection conn)
6. getStream(URL url)
7. getStreamWithTimeOut(String stringUrl, Integer timeOutInMilli)
8. getString(URL url)
9. getType(URLConnection connection)