VersionCheckThread.java

/*
 * This file is part of Matter Overdrive
 * Copyright (c) 2015., Simeon Radivoev, All rights reserved.
 *
 * Matter Overdrive is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * Matter Overdrive is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with Matter Overdrive.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses>.
 */

package matteroverdrive.handler.thread;

import java.io.*;
import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
import java.net.URL;
import java.util.concurrent.Callable;

/**
 * Created by Simeon on 7/13/2015.
 */
public class VersionCheckThread implements Callable<String>
{
    String url;

    public VersionCheckThread(String url)
    {
        this.url = url;
    }

    @Override
    public String call() throws Exception
    {
        return readFromUrl(url);
    }

    private String readFromUrl(String urlPath) throws IOException {
        URL url = new URL(urlPath);
        HttpURLConnection connection = (HttpURLConnection)url.openConnection();
        connection.setRequestMethod("GET");
        BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(
                new InputStreamReader(connection.getInputStream()));
        String inputLine;
        StringBuffer response = new StringBuffer();

        while ((inputLine = in.readLine()) != null) {
            response.append(inputLine);
        }
        in.close();
        return response.toString();
    }
}