com.mebigfatguy.polycasso
Class URLFetcher

java.lang.Object
  com.mebigfatguy.polycasso.URLFetcher

public class URLFetcher
extends java.lang.Object

manages downloading data from a url

Method Summary

static byte[]

fetchURLData(java.lang.String url) retrieve arbitrary data found at a specific url - either http or file urls for http requests, sets the user-agent to mozilla to avoid sites being cranky about a java sniffer

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

fetchURLData

public static byte[] fetchURLData(java.lang.String url)
                           throws java.io.IOException

retrieve arbitrary data found at a specific url - either http or file urls for http requests, sets the user-agent to mozilla to avoid sites being cranky about a java sniffer

Parameters:

url - the url to retrieve

Returns:

a byte array of the content

Throws:

java.io.IOException - the site fails to respond