com.icesoft.pdf.ri.util
Class URLAccess

java.lang.Object
  com.icesoft.pdf.ri.util.URLAccess

public class URLAccess

extends Object

This utility class simplifies the process of loading URLs.

Since:

1.3

Field Summary

String	errorMessage The reason why the URL was invalid.
InputStream	inputStream Access to the data at the URL, if the URL was valid.
URL	url The resolved URL, if urlLocation was valid.
String	urlLocation The given URL string given to doURLAccess().

Method Summary

void	closeConnection() Close the connection, but keep all the String information about the connection.
void	dispose() Free up any resources used, immediately.
static URLAccess	doURLAccess(String urlLocation) Simple utility method to check if a URL is valid.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

urlLocation

public String urlLocation

The given URL string given to doURLAccess().

url

public URL url

The resolved URL, if urlLocation was valid.

inputStream

public InputStream inputStream

Access to the data at the URL, if the URL was valid.

errorMessage

public String errorMessage

The reason why the URL was invalid.

Method Detail

doURLAccess

public static URLAccess doURLAccess(String urlLocation)

Simple utility method to check if a URL is valid. If it is invalid, then urlAccess.errorMessage will say why. If it is valid, then urlAccess.url will be a valid URL object, and urlAccess.inputStream will be opened to access the data from the URL.

Parameters:

urlLocation -

Returns:

URLAccess urlAccess

dispose

public void dispose()

Free up any resources used, immediately.

closeConnection

public void closeConnection()

Close the connection, but keep all the String information about the connection.