Thread: problem in calling a method

I need a Java API which to call an URL and process what it return for part b in . the programs are what i did for the part a and c.


a. Enables the entry in a queue of a list of names of astronomical objects then to specify that the seizure is complete (by an empty string for example)
b. The program reviews the names entered and verifies that they are recognized names by the name resolver Sesam:
i. If yes we keep the name (or identifier) principal of the object. returns
ii. Otherwise we do not do anything and we move on to the next.
c. Finally, this program generates a text file (whose name can be entered) including all

This is my java program for the first and last part
Read a string from console using a BufferedReader.

import java.io.*;

class BRReadLines {
public static void main(String args[]) throws IOException {
// create a BufferedReader using System.in
BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new
InputStreamReader(System.in));
String str;
System.out.println("Enter lines of text.");
System.out.println("Enter 'stop' to quit.");
do {
str = br.readLine();
System.out.println(str);
} while (!str.equals("stop"));
}
}

And this one for the third part
A tiny editor.

<code>
import java.io.*;
class TinyEdit {
public static void main(String args[]) throws IOException {
// create a BufferedReader using System.in
BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new
InputStreamReader(System.in));
String str[] = new String[100];
System.out.println("Enter lines of text.");
System.out.println("Enter 'stop' to quit.");
for (int i = 0; i < 100; i++) {
str[i] = br.readLine();
if (str[i].equals("stop"))
break;
}
System.out.println("\\nHere is your file:");
// display the lines
for (int i = 0; i < 100; i++) {
if (str[i].equals("stop"))
break;
System.out.println(str[i]);
}
}
}
</code>


Thanks

thanks for your answer, what i want to say by sesam is just the link which contain the list of objects

Originally Posted by Norm

Is the program supposed to read an HTML page from a server, find the sesam link and use that to read a list from the server?

I want to extrat text from an URL, and then verify if a name of object exist in it.
I did this to extract a text

import java.io.*;
import java.net.*;
 
public class Demo {
	public static void main(String[] argv) {
		try {
			URL url = new URL("http://cdsweb.u-strasbg.fr/cgi-bin/nph-sesame/-oI?NGC%20221");
 
			URLConnection con = url.openConnection();
			System.out.println(con.getContent());
			InputStream input = con.getInputStream();
			while (input.available() > 0)
				System.out.print((char) input.read());
		} catch (MalformedURLException e) {
			System.out.println(e);
		} catch (IOException e) {
			System.out.println(e);
		}
	}
}

But i dont know how to verify if a word exist in it

Originally Posted by Norm

I assume that the text read from the server via the URL is in a String. The String class has several method that can be used to search a String to see if it contains some text.

can you give me an exemple for one of the method