Determine web access times

Question

Hello Everyone,
I'm trying to figure out how I can access a web page and determine how long it takes to come down.
I've been able to use code like the following to get the page contents:
url = new URL(loc);
URLConnection urlConnection = url.openConnection();
urlConnection.setUseCaches (false);
urlConnection.setAllowUserInteraction(false);
urlConnection.setDoOutput (true);
DataInputStream urlStream = new
DataInputStream(urlConnection.getInputStream ());
byte b[] = new byte[1000];
numRead=urlStream.read(b);
content = new String(b,0,numRead);
while ((numRead != -1))
numRead = urlStream.read(b);
if (numRead != -1)
String newContent = new String(b,0,numRead);
content += newContent;
urlStream.close();
But unfortunately, this is very fast, and only grabs the text content of the web page. So using System.currentTimeMillis( ); before and after this method I get readings that really don't reflect real life, such as .064 ms. Which I guess is true for just grabbing the text data.
Would it be acceptable to reflect real life by parsing the file for images and such and then downloading the content to my HD and time those events? or is that still not realistic? Would I be better of creating some kind of virtual web browser and attempt to render the web page? If that is the best, any suggestions for how to do that?
Essentially, I'm working on a tool to monitor load times for our company web site. I know commercial tools exist out there to do this, but I figure this would be a good learning experience.
Any help would be appreciated,
Thanks,
Dower

Answer 1

rpiskac wrote:
> I
> already switch to Apple products.
I too am a Mac user, and am not happy with the overall state of Mac access with
GW 2012. That said though, I think it is incorrect to say that "WebAccess is
not finished", because there was never any promise with 2012 that WebAccess
would have all of the functionality of the Windows client. You need to voice
your opinion as Michael says. Novell needs to know that we need a strong Mac
client. And personally, I don't really want WebAccess to be my Mac client, so
I'd prefer they continue to make whatever enhancements they see fit to an
"alternative client" like WebAccess, and put time and effort back into a real
Mac client.
By the way, at BrainShare I do believe Novell got this message loud and clear.
From what I heard there, the Mac situation is one they are taking seriously, but
it will not be addressed in GW 2012. Hopefully we'll see something in Cardiff
or Windermere.
Danita
Novell Knowledge Partner
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