Hi Nicolas,

You might want to have a look at the href="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4/docs/api/java/net/package-summary.html">java.net
package. There reside the classes to handle URL connections directly; refer to the href="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4/docs/guide/net/overview/overview.html#locating">Java
Networking Overview for a brief explanation.

An easier way of reading HTTP web pages would be using a complete HTTP client such as
the Jakarta Commons HTTP Client
or Ronald Tschalär's HTTP Client.
I personally prefer Ronald Tschalär's HTTP Client. A quick explanation on how to use it is
available here.

Hope that helps,

Chris