import java.awt.*; 
import java.net.*; 

public class Test { 
  public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { 
    String s = "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/95/Big_Pine_landscape.jpg"; 
    URL u = new URL(s); 
    Toolkit t = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit(); 
    long b = System.currentTimeMillis(); 
    Image i = t.getImage(u); 
    System.out.println("got image in " + (System.currentTimeMillis() - b) + "ms"); 
  } 
}