Java: Closable

When working with multiple resources that need to be closed after we are done using, I particularly like the approach of using Closable Interface:

try {
    // open input streams and use them  
}
catch (IOException e) {
    e.printStackTrace();
}
finally {
    attemptClose(inputSteamA);
    attemptClose(inputSteamB);
}

private void attemptClose(Closeable object) {
    if (object != null) {
        try {
            object.close();
        }
        catch (IOException ignore) {
        }
    }
}

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Java: Closable

When working with multiple resources that need to be closed after we are done using, I particularly like the approach of using Closable Interface:

try {
    // open input streams and use them  
}
catch (IOException e) {
    e.printStackTrace();
}
finally {
    attemptClose(inputSteamA);
    attemptClose(inputSteamB);
}

private void attemptClose(Closeable object) {
    if (object != null) {
        try {
            object.close();
        }
        catch (IOException ignore) {
        }
    }
}

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Java: read URL to String text

The blog post describes a method for reading data from a URL in Java.
It explains how to establish a stream connection, read data into a buffer, and convert that data into a String format.

The method is particularly useful for developers needing to fetch web data in Java applications.

I was using it here to retrieve a JSON feed from Flickr.