2.6 - URL and HTTP Communication
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Practice Questions
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What does URL stand for?
💡 Hint: Think about how we locate resources online.
What class do we use in Java to read from URLs?
💡 Hint: Look for Java classes in the java.net package.
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Interactive Quizzes
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What does the URL class in Java represent?
💡 Hint: It's something you might type into a browser.
True or False: BufferedReader can be used to read binary data.
💡 Hint: Consider what kind of data BufferedReader is meant to process.
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Challenge Problems
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Create a Java program that takes a URL as input and retrieves the content, printing the total number of lines retrieved.
💡 Hint: Don’t forget to handle IOException!
Imagine you have a URL that sometimes goes down. Write a Java method that tries to retrieve content, and if it fails, retries after a short delay.
💡 Hint: Use a counter to limit the number of retries.
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