URLConnection

Class URLConnection

Direct Known Subclasses:
HttpURLConnection, JarURLConnection
public abstract class URLConnection
extends Object

The abstract class URLConnection is the superclass of all classes that represent a communications link between the application and a URL. Instances of this class can be used both to read from and to write to the resource referenced by the URL. In general, creating a connection to a URL is a multistep process:

openConnection() connect()
Manipulate parameters that affect the connection to th