How to get connected with web server in Java

Problem Description

How to get connected with web server?

Solution

Following example demonstrates how to get connected with web server by using sock.getInetAddress() method of net.Socket class.

import java.net.InetAddress;
import java.net.Socket;

public class WebPing {
   public static void main(String[] args) {
      try {
         InetAddress addr;
         Socket sock = new Socket("www.javatutorial.com", 80);
         addr = sock.getInetAddress();
         System.out.println("Connected to " + addr);
         sock.close();
      } catch (java.io.IOException e) {
         System.out.println("Can't connect to " + args[0]);
         System.out.println(e);
      }
   }
}

Result

The above code sample will produce the following result.

Connected to www.javatutorial.com/69.172.201.153