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File Downloader
The file downloader Java package provides an API that makes it easy to write Java code that downloads files from the Internet. There is no need for the programmer to mess around with HTTP connections, which is already handled by this package.
The main intention of this package is to facilitate API usage in Java programs, such as querying and downloading operations in the search engine wrapper package. As such, this package does not aim to replace existing command-line programs for downloading files. Users looking for more sophisticated command-line usage should consider more powerful programs such as wget and curl.
This file downloader package is open source and licensed under the GNU General Public License, either version 3 or (at your option) any later version. Sun Java 1.6 is required to use the package.
Status
This package is under general release.
Downloads
Release: 2009 July 17
Extended to allow the error stream to be retrieved as well, which may be useful when the server could not open a connection but returned useful diagnostic messages nonetheless.
Release: 2009 June 15
This is the initial standalone release of the file downloader package. Previously, it was distributed as part of the search engine wrapper package.