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Currently I'm working on a class that can be used to read the contents of the website specified by the url. I'm just beginning my adventures with java.io and java.net so I need to consult my design. Usage: TextURL url = new TextURL(urlString); String contents = url.read(); My code: package pl.maciejziarko.util; import java.io.*; import java.net.*; public final class TextURL { private static final int BUFFER_SIZE = 1024 * 10; private static final int ZERO = 0; private final byte[] dataBuffer = new byte[BUFFER_SIZE]; private final URL urlObject; public TextURL(String urlString) throws MalformedURLException { this.urlObject = new URL(urlString); } public String read() { final StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(); try { final BufferedInputStream in = new BufferedInputStream(urlObject.openStream()); int bytesRead = ZERO; while ((bytesRead = in.read(dataBuffer, ZERO, BUFFER_SIZE)) >= ZERO) { sb.append(new String(dataBuffer, ZERO, bytesRead)); } } catch (UnknownHostException e) { return null; } catch (IOException e) { return null; } return sb.toString(); } //Usage: public static void main(String[] args) { try { TextURL url = new TextURL("http://www.flickr.com/explore/interesting/7days/"); String contents = url.read(); if (contents != null) System.out.println(contents); else System.out.println("ERROR!"); } catch (MalformedURLException e) { System.out.println("Check you the url!"); } } } My question is: Is it a good way to achieve what I want? Are th

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