Groovy JDK

java.net
Class URL

Method Summary
void eachByte(Closure closure)
Reads the InputStream from this URL, passing each byte to the given closure.
void eachByte(int bufferLen, Closure closure)
Reads the InputStream from this URL, passing a byte[] and a number of bytes to the given closure.
Object eachLine(Closure closure)
Iterates through the lines read from the URL's associated input stream passing each line to the given 1 or 2 arg closure.
Object eachLine(int firstLine, Closure closure)
Iterates through the lines read from the URL's associated input stream passing each line to the given 1 or 2 arg closure.
Object eachLine(String charset, Closure closure)
Iterates through the lines read from the URL's associated input stream passing each line to the given 1 or 2 arg closure.
Object eachLine(String charset, int firstLine, Closure closure)
Iterates through the lines read from the URL's associated input stream passing each line to the given 1 or 2 arg closure.
Writable filterLine(Closure predicate)
Filter lines from a URL using a closure predicate.
Writable filterLine(String charset, Closure predicate)
Filter lines from a URL using a closure predicate.
void filterLine(Writer writer, Closure predicate)
Uses a closure to filter lines from this URL and pass them to the given writer.
void filterLine(Writer writer, String charset, Closure predicate)
Uses a closure to filter lines from this URL and pass them to the given writer.
byte[] getBytes()
Read the content of this URL and returns it as a byte[].
String getText()
Read the content of this URL and returns it as a String.
String getText(Map parameters)
Read the content of this URL and returns it as a String.
String getText(String charset)
Read the data from this URL and return it as a String.
String getText(Map parameters, String charset)
Read the data from this URL and return it as a String.
BufferedInputStream newInputStream()
Creates a buffered input stream for this URL.
BufferedInputStream newInputStream(Map parameters)
Creates a buffered input stream for this URL.
BufferedReader newReader()
Creates a buffered reader for this URL.
BufferedReader newReader(Map parameters)
Creates a buffered reader for this URL.
BufferedReader newReader(String charset)
Creates a buffered reader for this URL using the given encoding.
BufferedReader newReader(Map parameters, String charset)
Creates a buffered reader for this URL using the given encoding.
List readLines()
Reads the URL contents into a list, with one element for each line.
List readLines(String charset)
Reads the URL contents into a list, with one element for each line.
Object splitEachLine(String regex, Closure closure)
Iterates through the input stream associated with this URL line by line, splitting each line using the given regex separator.
Object splitEachLine(Pattern pattern, Closure closure)
Iterates through the input stream associated with this URL line by line, splitting each line using the given regex separator Pattern.
Object splitEachLine(String regex, String charset, Closure closure)
Iterates through the input stream associated with this URL line by line, splitting each line using the given regex separator.
Object splitEachLine(Pattern pattern, String charset, Closure closure)
Iterates through the input stream associated with this URL line by line, splitting each line using the given regex separator Pattern.
Object withInputStream(Closure closure)
Creates a new InputStream for this URL and passes it into the closure.
Object withReader(Closure closure)
Helper method to create a new BufferedReader for a URL and then passes it to the closure.
Object withReader(String charset, Closure closure)
Helper method to create a new Reader for a URL and then passes it to the closure.
 
Method Detail

eachByte

public void eachByte(Closure closure)
 
Reads the InputStream from this URL, passing each byte to the given closure. The URL stream will be closed before this method returns.
Parameters:
closure - closure to apply to each byte.
Since:
1.0
See:
IOGroovyMethods#eachByte.

eachByte

public void eachByte(int bufferLen, Closure closure)
 
Reads the InputStream from this URL, passing a byte[] and a number of bytes to the given closure. The URL stream will be closed before this method returns.
Parameters:
bufferLen - the length of the buffer to use..
closure - a 2 parameter closure which is passed the byte[] and a number of bytes successfully read..
Since:
1.8
See:
IOGroovyMethods#eachByte.

eachLine

public Object eachLine(Closure closure)
 
Iterates through the lines read from the URL's associated input stream passing each line to the given 1 or 2 arg closure. The stream is closed before this method returns.
Parameters:
closure - a closure to apply on each line (arg 1 is line, optional arg 2 is line number starting at line 1).
Returns:
the last value returned by the closure
Since:
1.5.6
See:
URL#eachLine.

eachLine

public Object eachLine(int firstLine, Closure closure)
 
Iterates through the lines read from the URL's associated input stream passing each line to the given 1 or 2 arg closure. The stream is closed before this method returns.
Parameters:
firstLine - the line number value used for the first line (default is 1, set to 0 to start counting from 0).
closure - a closure to apply on each line (arg 1 is line, optional arg 2 is line number).
Returns:
the last value returned by the closure
Since:
1.5.7
See:
IOGroovyMethods#eachLine.

eachLine

public Object eachLine(String charset, Closure closure)
 
Iterates through the lines read from the URL's associated input stream passing each line to the given 1 or 2 arg closure. The stream is closed before this method returns.
Parameters:
charset - opens the stream with a specified charset.
closure - a closure to apply on each line (arg 1 is line, optional arg 2 is line number starting at line 1).
Returns:
the last value returned by the closure
Since:
1.5.6
See:
URL#eachLine.

eachLine

public Object eachLine(String charset, int firstLine, Closure closure)
 
Iterates through the lines read from the URL's associated input stream passing each line to the given 1 or 2 arg closure. The stream is closed before this method returns.
Parameters:
charset - opens the stream with a specified charset.
firstLine - the line number value used for the first line (default is 1, set to 0 to start counting from 0).
closure - a closure to apply on each line (arg 1 is line, optional arg 2 is line number).
Returns:
the last value returned by the closure
Since:
1.5.7
See:
IOGroovyMethods#eachLine.

filterLine

public Writable filterLine(Closure predicate)
 
Filter lines from a URL using a closure predicate. The closure will be passed each line as a String, and it should return true if the line should be passed to the writer.
Parameters:
predicate - a closure which returns boolean and takes a line.
Returns:
a writable which writes out the filtered lines
Since:
1.6.8
See:
IOGroovyMethods#filterLine.

filterLine

public Writable filterLine(String charset, Closure predicate)
 
Filter lines from a URL using a closure predicate. The closure will be passed each line as a String, and it should return true if the line should be passed to the writer.
Parameters:
charset - opens the URL with a specified charset.
predicate - a closure which returns boolean and takes a line.
Returns:
a writable which writes out the filtered lines
Since:
1.6.8
See:
IOGroovyMethods#filterLine.

filterLine

public void filterLine(Writer writer, Closure predicate)
 
Uses a closure to filter lines from this URL and pass them to the given writer. The closure will be passed each line as a String, and it should return true if the line should be passed to the writer.
Parameters:
writer - a writer to write output to.
predicate - a closure which returns true if a line should be accepted.
Since:
1.6.8
See:
IOGroovyMethods#filterLine.

filterLine

public void filterLine(Writer writer, String charset, Closure predicate)
 
Uses a closure to filter lines from this URL and pass them to the given writer. The closure will be passed each line as a String, and it should return true if the line should be passed to the writer.
Parameters:
writer - a writer to write output to.
charset - opens the URL with a specified charset.
predicate - a closure which returns true if a line should be accepted.
Since:
1.6.8
See:
IOGroovyMethods#filterLine.

getBytes

public byte[] getBytes()
 
Read the content of this URL and returns it as a byte[].
Returns:
the byte[] from that URL
Since:
1.7.1

getText

public String getText()
 
Read the content of this URL and returns it as a String.
Returns:
the text from that URL
Since:
1.0

getText

public String getText(Map parameters)
 
Read the content of this URL and returns it as a String. The default connection parameters can be modified by adding keys to the parameters map:
Parameters:
parameters - connection parameters.
Returns:
the text from that URL
Since:
1.8.1

getText

public String getText(String charset)
 
Read the data from this URL and return it as a String. The connection stream is closed before this method returns.
Parameters:
charset - opens the stream with a specified charset.
Returns:
the text from that URL
Since:
1.0
See:
URLConnection#getInputStream.

getText

public String getText(Map parameters, String charset)
 
Read the data from this URL and return it as a String. The connection stream is closed before this method returns.
Parameters:
parameters - connection parameters.
charset - opens the stream with a specified charset.
Returns:
the text from that URL
Since:
1.8.1
See:
URLConnection#getInputStream.

newInputStream

public BufferedInputStream newInputStream()
 
Creates a buffered input stream for this URL.
Returns:
a BufferedInputStream for the URL
Since:
1.5.2

newInputStream

public BufferedInputStream newInputStream(Map parameters)
 
Creates a buffered input stream for this URL. The default connection parameters can be modified by adding keys to the parameters map:
Parameters:
parameters - connection parameters.
Returns:
a BufferedInputStream for the URL
Since:
1.8.1

newReader

public BufferedReader newReader()
 
Creates a buffered reader for this URL.
Returns:
a BufferedReader for the URL
Since:
1.5.5

newReader

public BufferedReader newReader(Map parameters)
 
Creates a buffered reader for this URL. The default connection parameters can be modified by adding keys to the parameters map:
Parameters:
parameters - connection parameters.
Returns:
a BufferedReader for the URL
Since:
1.8.1

newReader

public BufferedReader newReader(String charset)
 
Creates a buffered reader for this URL using the given encoding.
Parameters:
charset - opens the stream with a specified charset.
Returns:
a BufferedReader for the URL
Since:
1.5.5

newReader

public BufferedReader newReader(Map parameters, String charset)
 
Creates a buffered reader for this URL using the given encoding.
Parameters:
parameters - connection parameters.
charset - opens the stream with a specified charset.
Returns:
a BufferedReader for the URL
Since:
1.8.1

readLines

public List readLines()
 
Reads the URL contents into a list, with one element for each line.
Returns:
a List of lines
Since:
1.6.8
See:
IOGroovyMethods#readLines.

readLines

public List readLines(String charset)
 
Reads the URL contents into a list, with one element for each line.
Parameters:
charset - opens the URL with a specified charset.
Returns:
a List of lines
Since:
1.6.8
See:
IOGroovyMethods#readLines.

splitEachLine

public Object splitEachLine(String regex, Closure closure)
 
Iterates through the input stream associated with this URL line by line, splitting each line using the given regex separator. For each line, the given closure is called with a single parameter being the list of strings computed by splitting the line around matches of the given regular expression. Finally the resources used for processing the URL are closed.
Parameters:
regex - the delimiting regular expression.
closure - a closure.
Returns:
the last value returned by the closure
Since:
1.6.8
See:
IOGroovyMethods#splitEachLine.

splitEachLine

public Object splitEachLine(Pattern pattern, Closure closure)
 
Iterates through the input stream associated with this URL line by line, splitting each line using the given regex separator Pattern. For each line, the given closure is called with a single parameter being the list of strings computed by splitting the line around matches of the given regular expression. Finally the resources used for processing the URL are closed.
Parameters:
pattern - the regular expression Pattern for the delimiter.
closure - a closure.
Returns:
the last value returned by the closure
Since:
1.6.8
See:
IOGroovyMethods#splitEachLine.

splitEachLine

public Object splitEachLine(String regex, String charset, Closure closure)
 
Iterates through the input stream associated with this URL line by line, splitting each line using the given regex separator. For each line, the given closure is called with a single parameter being the list of strings computed by splitting the line around matches of the given regular expression. Finally the resources used for processing the URL are closed.
Parameters:
regex - the delimiting regular expression.
charset - opens the file with a specified charset.
closure - a closure.
Returns:
the last value returned by the closure
Since:
1.6.8
See:
IOGroovyMethods#splitEachLine.

splitEachLine

public Object splitEachLine(Pattern pattern, String charset, Closure closure)
 
Iterates through the input stream associated with this URL line by line, splitting each line using the given regex separator Pattern. For each line, the given closure is called with a single parameter being the list of strings computed by splitting the line around matches of the given regular expression. Finally the resources used for processing the URL are closed.
Parameters:
pattern - the regular expression Pattern for the delimiter.
charset - opens the file with a specified charset.
closure - a closure.
Returns:
the last value returned by the closure
Since:
1.6.8
See:
IOGroovyMethods#splitEachLine.

withInputStream

public Object withInputStream(Closure closure)
 
Creates a new InputStream for this URL and passes it into the closure. This method ensures the stream is closed after the closure returns.
Parameters:
closure - a closure.
Returns:
the value returned by the closure
Since:
1.5.2
See:
IOGroovyMethods#withStream.

withReader

public Object withReader(Closure closure)
 
Helper method to create a new BufferedReader for a URL and then passes it to the closure. The reader is closed after the closure returns.
Parameters:
closure - the closure to invoke with the reader.
Returns:
the value returned by the closure
Since:
1.5.2

withReader

public Object withReader(String charset, Closure closure)
 
Helper method to create a new Reader for a URL and then passes it to the closure. The reader is closed after the closure returns.
Parameters:
charset - the charset used.
closure - the closure to invoke with the reader.
Returns:
the value returned by the closure
Since:
1.5.6

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