java urlconnection get the final redirected URL

Question

I have a url which redirects to another url.I want to be able to get the final redirected URL.My code:

    public class testURLConnection
    {
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Answer 1

public static String getFinalRedirectedUrl(String url) {

    HttpURLConnection connection;
    String finalUrl = url;
    try {
        do {
            connection = (HttpURLConnection) new URL(finalUrl)
                    .openConnection();
            connection.setInstanceFollowRedirects(false);
            connection.setUseCaches(false);
            connection.setRequestMethod("GET");
            connection.connect();
            int responseCode = connection.getResponseCode();
            if (responseCode >= 300 && responseCode < 400) {
                String redirectedUrl = connection.getHeaderField("Location");
                if (null == redirectedUrl)
                    break;
                finalUrl = redirectedUrl;
                System.out.println("redirected url: " + finalUrl);
            } else
                break;
        } while (connection.getResponseCode() != HttpURLConnection.HTTP_OK);
        connection.disconnect();
    } catch (Exception e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }
    return finalUrl;
}