Name: paC48320 Date: 06/19/98


// in DataInputStream Class
// The defination for int off in
// read(b[], off, len); in wrong
// it shoulds be offset from where to store in the b[]
// otherwise this program wont work.

public class GetData{
public GetData(){}

public static void main(String[] args){
byte[] b = new byte[256];
int status = 0;
try{
URL link = new URL(args[0]);
Object data = link.getContent();
DataInputStream in = new DataInputStream(link.openStream());
int start = 0, end = b.length -1;
while(status != -1){
status = in.read(b,5,end);
System.out.println("Status :"+status+"\n"+new String(b));
}

}catch(Exception e){
System.out.println(e.getMessage());
}
}
}
(Review ID: 29247)
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