This is a simple java code to fetch a webpage.
public class Test { public static void main(String[] args) { URL url; InputStream is = null; BufferedReader br; String line; try { url = new URL("http://www.wikipedia.org/"); is = url.openStream(); // throws an IOException br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(is)); while ((line = br.readLine()) != null) { System.out.println(line); } } catch (MalformedURLException mue) { mue.printStackTrace(); } catch (IOException ioe) { ioe.printStackTrace(); } finally { try { is.close(); } catch (IOException ioe) { // nothing to see here } } } }