Uses of Class
java.net.URLConnection

Packages that use URLConnection

Package	Description
java.net	Provides the classes for implementing networking applications.
javax.net.ssl	Provides classes for the secure socket package.

Uses of URLConnection in java.net

Subclasses of URLConnection in java.net

Modifier and Type	Class	Description
class	HttpURLConnection	A URLConnection with support for HTTP-specific features.
class	JarURLConnection	A URL Connection to a Java ARchive (JAR) file or an entry in a JAR file.

Fields in java.net declared as URLConnection

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
protected URLConnection	JarURLConnection.jarFileURLConnection	The connection to the JAR file URL, if the connection has been initiated.

Methods in java.net that return URLConnection

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
URLConnection	URL.openConnection()	Returns a URLConnection instance that represents a connection to the remote object referred to by the URL.
URLConnection	URL.openConnection(Proxy proxy)	Same as URL.openConnection(), except that the connection will be made through the specified proxy; Protocol handlers that do not support proxying will ignore the proxy parameter and make a normal connection.
protected abstract URLConnection	URLStreamHandler.openConnection(URL u)	Opens a connection to the object referenced by the URL argument.
protected URLConnection	URLStreamHandler.openConnection(URL u, Proxy p)	Same as openConnection(URL), except that the connection will be made through the specified proxy; Protocol handlers that do not support proxying will ignore the proxy parameter and make a normal connection.

Methods in java.net with parameters of type URLConnection

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
abstract Object	ContentHandler.getContent(URLConnection urlc)	Given a URL connect stream positioned at the beginning of the representation of an object, this method reads that stream and creates an object from it.
Object	ContentHandler.getContent(URLConnection urlc, Class[] classes)	Given a URL connect stream positioned at the beginning of the representation of an object, this method reads that stream and creates an object that matches one of the types specified.
abstract CacheRequest	ResponseCache.put(URI uri, URLConnection conn)	The protocol handler calls this method after a resource has been retrieved, and the ResponseCache must decide whether or not to store the resource in its cache.

Uses of URLConnection in javax.net.ssl

Subclasses of URLConnection in javax.net.ssl

Modifier and Type	Class	Description
class	HttpsURLConnection	HttpsURLConnection extends HttpURLConnection with support for https-specific features.