/* Daniel Shiffman               */
/* Programming from A to Z       */
/* Spring 2006                   */
/* http://www.shiffman.net       */
/* daniel.shiffman@nyu.edu       */

/* Class to read an input file   */
/* and return a String           */

package a2z;

import java.net.*;
import java.io.*;

public class A2ZUrlReader
{
  private String urlPath;
  private String content;
  
  public A2ZUrlReader(String name) throws IOException {
    urlPath = name;
    readContent();
  }
  
  
  public static InputStream openStream(String urlpath) {
    InputStream stream = null;
    try {
      URL url = new URL(urlpath);
      stream = url.openStream();
      return stream;
    } catch (MalformedURLException e) {
      System.out.println("Something's wrong with the URL:  "+ urlpath);
      e.printStackTrace();
    } catch (IOException e) {
      System.out.println("there's a problem downloading from:  "+ urlpath);
      e.printStackTrace();
    }
    return stream;
  }
  
  
  public void readContent() throws IOException {
    StringBuffer stuff = new StringBuffer();
    try {
      InputStream stream = openStream(urlPath);
      BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(stream));
      String line;
      while (( line = reader.readLine()) != null) {
        stuff.append(line + "\n");
      }
      reader.close();
    } catch (IOException e) {
      e.printStackTrace();
    }
    content = stuff.toString();
  }
  
  public String getContent() {
    return content;
  }
}