Java The Complete Reference, Seventh Edition

608 Part II: The Java Library

String getHeaderField(intidx) Returns the value of the header field at indexidx.

(Header field indexes begin at 0.) Returns null if the

value ofidxexceeds the number of fields.

String getHeaderField(StringfieldName) Returns the value of header field whose name is

specified byfieldName. Returns null if the specified

name is not found.

String getHeaderFieldKey(intidx) Returns the header field key at indexidx. (Header

field indexes begin at 0.) Returns null if the value

ofidxexceeds the number of fields.

Map<String, List<String>>

getHeaderFields( )

Returns a map that contains all of the header fields

and values.

long getLastModified( ) Returns the time and date, represented in terms

of milliseconds since Januar y 1, 1970 GMT, of the

last modification of the resource. Zero is returned

if the last-modified date is unavailable.

InputStream getInputStream( )

throws IOException

Returns anInputStreamthat is linked to the

resource. This stream can be used to obtain

the content of the resource.

Notice thatURLConnectiondefines several methods that handle header information. A

header consists of pairs of keys and values represented as strings. By usinggetHeaderField( ),

you can obtain the value associated with a header key. By callinggetHeaderFields( ), you

can obtain a map that contains all of the headers. Several standard header fields are available

directly through methods such asgetDate( )andgetContentType( ).

The following example creates aURLConnectionusing theopenConnection( )method

of aURLobject and then uses it to examine the document’s properties and content:

// Demonstrate URLConnection.

import java.net.*;

import java.io.*;

import java.util.Date;

class UCDemo

{

public static void main(String args[]) throws Exception {

int c;

URL hp = new URL("http://www.internic.net");

URLConnection hpCon = hp.openConnection();

// get date

long d = hpCon.getDate();

if(d==0)

System.out.println("No date information.");

else

System.out.println("Date: " + new Date(d));

// get content type

System.out.println("Content-Type: " + hpCon.getContentType());