How to download and save a file from Internet using Java?

Question

There is an online file (such as http://www.example.com/information.asp) I need to grab and save to a directory. I know there are several methods for grabbing a

Answer 1

This is another java7 variant based on Brian Risk's answer with usage of try-with statement:

public static void downloadFileFromURL(String urlString, File destination) throws Throwable {

      URL website = new URL(urlString);
      try(
              ReadableByteChannel rbc = Channels.newChannel(website.openStream());
              FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(destination);  
              ){
          fos.getChannel().transferFrom(rbc, 0, Long.MAX_VALUE);
      }

  }