Downloading a binary file

Question

Following is a short program that attempts to copy a binary file from a remote site to a local file. I tested the program with a text file and it basically works. The problem is that the read() function does not throw an EOFException. So I have the following questions:
1. Is there some method that accomplishes what my copyFile(...) method does?
2. Is there a marker that signals the end of a file? Is this marker the same for text files and for binary files?
3. Is there a better way to copy a binary file?
Your help will be much appreciated.
Miguel
import java.util.*;
import java.io.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.net.*;
public class filecopy {
public static void main(String[] args) { 
copyFile("http://localhost/super/input.txt","output.txt");
static void copyFile(String mapURL,String mapName) {
BufferedReader bin = null;
DataOutputStream bout = null;
try {
URL url = new URL(mapURL);
URLConnection connection = url.openConnection();
bin = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(connection.getInputStream()));
bout = new DataOutputStream(new BufferedOutputStream(new FileOutputStream(mapName)));
while(true) {
bout.write(bin.read());
} catch (EOFException eofexc) {
try {
bin.close();
bout.flush();
bout.close();
} catch (IOException ioexc) {
System.out.println("copyFile: IOException: " + ioexc);
} catch (IOException ioexc) {
System.out.println("copyFile: IOException: " + ioexc);
}

Answer 1

I would highly recomend getting the file size of the remote file, and collecting data until you have a file as big as the one you want. I would do this for both binary and text files. Not all textfiles have an EOF marker, and there is no universal "EOF" marker for a binary file.
~Kullgen