Connecting to http web site using java socket

Question

Hi,
Sockets in Java I believe are reusable. Once created, it can be used to send a request using its input stream and get back a response using the output stream. My problem is I am trying to connect to a website using java socket but I am unable to get a response (though the same works fine I use URL and URLConnection). Can anyone tell me whats wrong? Below is the client program:
public class HttpAdapterTest {
     public static void main(String[] args) {
          try {
               Socket socket = new Socket("www.google.com", 80);
               BufferedWriter out = new BufferedWriter(
                              new OutputStreamWriter(socket.getOutputStream()));
               out.write("GET /help/basics.html HTTP/1.1");
               out.flush();
               BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(
                                        new InputStreamReader(ucon.getInputStream()));
               String line = null;
               while((line = in.readLine()) != null) {
                    System.out.println(line);
               in.close();
          } catch (Exception e) {
               e.printStackTrace();
}

Answer 1

Look at the JSSE examples. You need to setup a key store, add the jsse jars to your classpath, yadda, yadda, yadda....