tribble.io
Class UrlTyper

java.lang.Object
  tribble.io.UrlTyper

public class UrlTyper
extends java.lang.Object

Simple URL reader.

Opens and reads the contents of a given URL address, displaying the contents to the standard output.

Since:

2001-01-06

Version:

$Revision: 1.2 $ $Date: 2001/01/06 18:47:23 $

Author:

David R. Tribble, david@tribble.com
Copyright ©2001 by David R. Tribble, all rights reserved.
Permission is granted to freely use and distribute this source code provided that the original copyright and authorship notices remain intact.

Field Summary

static int	BUF_SIZE Data byte buffer size (in bytes).
(package private) static java.lang.String	COPYRIGHT Embedded copyright notice.
(package private) static java.lang.String	REV Revision information.

Method Summary

static long	copy(java.net.URL url, java.io.OutputStream out) Opens a given URL address and reads its contents, copying them to an output stream.
static void	main(java.lang.String[] args) Runs this program.
protected static void	run(java.lang.String[] args) Runs this class as a program.
protected static void	usage() Displays a usage message for this program, then punts.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

REV

static final java.lang.String REV

Revision information.

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Constant Field Values

COPYRIGHT

static final java.lang.String COPYRIGHT

Embedded copyright notice.

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Constant Field Values

BUF_SIZE

public static final int BUF_SIZE

Data byte buffer size (in bytes).

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Constant Field Values

Method Detail

main

public static void main(java.lang.String[] args)

Runs this program.

Parameters:

args - The command line arguments.

Since:

1.1, 2001-01-06

copy

public static long copy(java.net.URL url,
                        java.io.OutputStream out)
                 throws java.io.IOException

Opens a given URL address and reads its contents, copying them to an output stream.

Parameters:

url - The URL to open and read.

out - The output stream to write to.

Returns:

The total number of bytes read and copied.

Throws:

java.io.IOException - Thrown if a read or write error occurs.

Since:

1.1, 2001-01-06

run

protected static void run(java.lang.String[] args)

Runs this class as a program.

Since:

1.1, 2001-01-06

usage

protected static void usage()

Displays a usage message for this program, then punts.

This does not return, but calls System.exit(int).

Since:

1.1, 2001-01-06