[example] code to show URL content : Java

This is a discussion on [example] code to show URL content within the Java forums in Programming Languages category; <sscce> import javax.swing.JEditorPane; import javax.swing.JScrollPane; import javax.swing.JOptionPane; import java.net.URL; /** Simple code to dump a web page to a JEditorPane onscreen. Example usage.. java ShowURL http://www.physci.org/codes/ ..or.. java ShowURL @author Andrew Thompson @version 2007/04/23 */ public class ShowURL { public static void main(String[] args) { String address = null; if (args.length==0) { address = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null, "URL?"); } else { address = args[0]; } JEditorPane jep = null; try { URL url = new URL(address); jep = new JEditorPane(url); } catch(Exception e) { jep = new JEditorPane(); jep.setText( e.toString() ); } JScrollPane jsp = new JScrollPane(jep); jsp.setPreferredSize(new java.awt.Dimension(400,300)); JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, jsp); } ...