Tag: common io

java March 16, 2017 2 min read by mkyong 5 comments

Java – How to download a file from the Internet

This article shows you how to download a file from an URL by using the following methods : Apache Commons IO Java NIO 1. Apache Commons IO 1.1 This is still my prefer way to download a file from the Internet, simple and clean. Read the signature : org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils //int = number of milliseconds public […]

java September 28, 2014 3 min read by Datsabk 1 comment

Java – Read a text file line by line

This article covers 3 ways to read a text file line by line : Java NIO libraries – FileChannel to read the files. It is a non-blocking mode of reading files BufferedReader – Which is a blocking operation i.e it blocks any other read/write request to the file until it has completed the task. Apache […]