how to get url html contents to string in java

Question

I have a html file stored on the server. I have the URL path something like this:

I want to rea

Answer 1

Resolved it using spring added the bean to the spring config file

then read it in my method

        // read the file into a resource
        ClassPathResource fileResource =
            (ClassPathResource)context.getApplicationContext().getBean("receiptTemplate");
        BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(fileResource.getFile()));
        String line;
        StringBuffer sb =
            new StringBuffer();

        // read contents line by line and store in the string
        while ((line =
            br.readLine()) != null) {
            sb.append(line);
        }
        br.close();
        return sb.toString();