Example: Using URL classes
This page underlines the basic points of URL communications.
Actual coding requires more details that can be found at


Examples: fetchURL(), urlExists(), postURL() and appletPrint()
// Fetch a document with URL

	// remember that Applets restrict you to your server only

	URL fileToFetch = new URL("http://www.uswest.com");
	Object anHTMLPage = fileToFetch.getContent(); // return a stream object

// Send a message to HTTP

	// create a URL object first
	URL address = new URL("http://www.aol.com/cgi-bin/getForm.cgi");

	// create URLConnection object using openConnection() method
	URLConnection connector = address.openConnection();

	// prepare the connection for output using setDoOutput() method
	connector.setDoOutput(true);

	// get output stream for the connection and write data out
	DataOutputStream out = new DataOutputStream(connector.getOutputStream());
	out.writeBytes("userID=jzhuk&serviceRequested=newsDelivery");

	// close the output stream
	out.close();
	
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