Insert the missing code in the following code fragment. This fragment is intended to read a web page.
Public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException
{
String address = "http://horstmann.com/index.html";
URL pageLocation = new URL(address);
Scanner in = _________;
) . .
}
A) new Scanner("http://horstmann.com/index.html")
B) new Scanner(pageLocation)
C) new Scanner(new File(pageLocation))
D) new Scanner(pageLocation.openStream())

Question

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

To read the web page, we need to open a stream to the web page. The most appropriate way to do that is by invoking the `openStream()` method on the `URL` object, which returns an `InputStream`. Then, we can create a `Scanner` object that reads from that stream by passing the `InputStream` object to the `Scanner` constructor. Therefore, the correct choice is D.

Insert the Missing Code in the Following Code Fragment