Opening URL Connection

Question

Hi all,
I'm having a problem when connecting to a URL that is non-esisting using a while loop to catch the exception but no exception is being thrown.
while(myConn == null || !found)
try
myConn = url.openConnection();
} //IOException
catch (Exception Expt)
System.out.println("Cannot open URL connection");
java.lang.Thread.sleep(3000);
myConn = null;
continue;
Cheers
JavaJimmyD

Answer 1

    BufferedReader inp = null;
    try {
      URL url = new URL(urlString);
      URLConnection conn = url.openConnection();
      conn.setDoInput(true); // or setDoOutput(true)
      /* really open connection */
      conn.connect(); // establish connection
      inp = new BufferedReader(
              new InputStreamReader(conn.getInputStream()));
      String result = inp.readLine(); // or your stuff
      inp.close();  // close connection
      inp = null;
    catch (MalformedURLException ue) {}
    catch (Exception e) {}
    finally {
      try { if (inp != null) inp.close(); } catch(IOException e) {}
    }