URL getContent() in Java

getContent(): This method is available in the java.net.URL class of Java.

Syntax:

Object java.net.URL.getContent() throws IOException

This method gets the contents of this URL.

Parameters: NA

Returns: the contents of this URL.

Throws:

1. IOException - if an I/O exception occurs.

Approach

Java

package com.URL;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.URL;

public class URLgetContent {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {

        String protocol = "http", host = "localhost", file = "/hello";
        int port = 8099;
        URL url = new URL(protocol, host, port, file);

        System.out.println(url.getContent());
    }
}

Output:

Exception in thread "main" java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused: connect
	at java.base/sun.nio.ch.Net.connect0(Native Method)
	at java.base/sun.nio.ch.Net.connect(Net.java:574)
	at java.base/sun.nio.ch.Net.connect(Net.java:563)
	at java.base/sun.nio.ch.NioSocketImpl.connect(NioSocketImpl.java:588)
	at java.base/java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:648)
	at java.base/java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:597)
	at java.base/sun.net.NetworkClient.doConnect(NetworkClient.java:182)
	at java.base/sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.openServer(HttpClient.java:474)
	at java.base/sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.openServer(HttpClient.java:569)
	at java.base/sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.<init>(HttpClient.java:242)
	at java.base/sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.New(HttpClient.java:341)
	at java.base/sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.New(HttpClient.java:362)
	at java.base/sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getNewHttpClient(HttpURLConnection.java:1261)
	at java.base/sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.plainConnect0(HttpURLConnection.java:1194)
	at java.base/sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.plainConnect(HttpURLConnection.java:1082)
	at java.base/sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.connect(HttpURLConnection.java:1016)
	at java.base/sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getInputStream0(HttpURLConnection.java:1600)
	at java.base/sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getInputStream(HttpURLConnection.java:1528)
	at java.base/java.net.URLConnection.getContent(URLConnection.java:752)
	at java.base/java.net.URL.getContent(URL.java:1181)
	at com.URL.URLgetContent.main(URLgetContent.java:13)

Some other methods of the URL class

URL(String): This method creates a URL object from the String representation.

URL(URL, String): This method creates a URL by parsing the given spec within a specified context.

URL(String, String, String): This method creates a URL from the specified protocol name, hostname, and file name.

URL(URL, String, URLStreamHandler): This method creates a URL by parsing the given spec with the specified handler within a specified context.

URL(String, String, int, String): This method creates a URL object from the specified protocol, host, port number, and file. host can be expressed as a hostname or a literal IP address.

URL(String, String, int, String, URLStreamHandler): This method creates a URL object from the specified protocol, host, port number, file, and handler.

equals(Object): This method compares this URL for equality with another object.

getAuthority(): This method gets the authority part of this URL.

getContent(): This method gets the contents of this URL.

getContent(Class<?>[]): This method gets the contents of this URL.

getDefaultPort(): This method gets the default port number of the protocol associated with this URL.

getFile(): This method gets the file name of this URL. 

getHost(): This method gets the hostname of this URL, if applicable.

getPath(): This method gets the path part of this URL.

getPort(): This method gets the port number of this URL.

getProtocol(): This method gets the protocol name of this URL.

getQuery(): This method gets the query part of this URL.

getRef(): This method gets the anchor (also known as the "reference") of this URL.

getUserInfo(): This method gets the userInfo part of this URL.

hashCode(): This method creates an integer suitable for hash table indexing.

openConnection(): This method returns a URLConnection instance that represents a connection to the remote object referred to by the URL.

openConnection(Proxy): This method returns a URLConnection instance that represents a connection to the remote object referred to by the URL with Proxy.

openStream(): This method opens a connection to this URL and returns an InputStream for reading from that connection.

sameFile(URL): This method compares two URLs, excluding the fragment component.

URL.setURLStreamHandlerFactory(URLStreamHandlerFactory): This method sets an application's URLStreamHandlerFactory.This method can be called at most once in a given Java VirtualMachine.

toExternalForm(): This method constructs a string representation of this URL. 

toString(): This method constructs a string representation of this URL. The string is created by calling the toExternalForm method of the stream protocol handler for this object.

toURI(): This method returns a java.net.URI equivalent to this URL.