In this section we look at reading data from a URL, implementing a unix like ‘tail’ in java, reading a file in reverse and some other stuff.
Reading from a URL
Get the contents of a URL as byte array
Read data from a URL and copy to a file
Read data from a url and write to a file – traditional method
Tail a file (unix like)
Read a file in reverse
Close without catching exception
close a connection in a final block without worrying about exceptions