public static Reader communicate(final String urlStr, final CharSequence toSend) {
OutputStream outputStream = null;
try {
final URL url = new URL(urlStr);
final URLConnection urlConnection = url.openConnection();
urlConnection.setDoOutput(true);
urlConnection.setDoInput(true);
outputStream = urlConnection.getOutputStream();
final OutputStreamWriter writer =
new OutputStreamWriter(outputStream, DEFAULT_CHARSET.name());
writer.append(toSend);
writer.close();
return new InputStreamReader(urlConnection.getInputStream(), DEFAULT_CHARSET.name());
} catch (IOException e) {
LOG.warn("exception caught", e);
} finally {
if (outputStream != null) {
try {
outputStream.close();
} catch (IOException e) {
LOG.warn("exception caught", e);
}
}
}
return null;
}
public static CharSequence readURL(final String urlStr, final Charset charset)
throws IOException {
InputStream inputStream = null;
try {
final URL url = new URL(urlStr);
final URLConnection urlConnection = url.openConnection();
urlConnection.setDoOutput(true);
urlConnection.setDoInput(true);
inputStream = urlConnection.getInputStream();
return readStream(inputStream, charset);
} catch (IOException ex) {
LOG.warn("exception caught", ex);
throw ex;
} finally {
if (inputStream != null) {
inputStream.close();
}
}
}