Name: dbT83986 Date: 03/09/99


According to the JDK API doc, the getInputStream() method does not
throw a NullPointerException. However, in actual use, it throws
this exception about 35% of the time. The code below _should_
work, but does not work reliably due to NullPointerExceptions:

   URLConnection serverConnection = targetURL.openConnection();
   serverConnection.connect();
   InputStream inStream = serverConnection.getInputStream();



The code below is a workaround for the problem, retrying getting
the input stream until it actually succeeds:

   URLConnection serverConnection = targetURL.openConnection();
   serverConnection.connect();
   InputStream inStream = null;
   while (inStream == null)
   {
try
{
inStream = serverConnection.getInputStream();
}
catch(NullPointerException ex)
{
try
{ Thread.currentThread().sleep(15); }
catch (Exception e)
{}
}
   }
(Review ID: 55154)
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