Size

**freesoft_2000** · 08-14-2005, 05:16 PM

Hi everyone,

I have a really silly question but please bear with me for a while.

If say i connect to the url http://www.yahoo.com/a.zip
using the URLConnection how do i get the size of the above file in bytes assuming the connection is successfull?

Any help is greatly appreciated

Thank You

Yours Sincerely

Richard West

**Norm** · 08-14-2005, 07:35 PM

The server should put the length in a HTTP response header file: Content-Length:
Look at the the methods for the URLConnection class. One of those gets the content length for you.

BTW If you'd read the documentation first you could get the answer quicker.

**freesoft_2000** · 08-15-2005, 06:01 AM

Hi everyone,

Originally Posted by Norm

Look at the the methods for the URLConnection class. One of those gets the content length for you.

I saw the documentation and i know you are talking about
getContentLength(). The thing is that it returns an int. What if it is a huge zip file, would not a long be better. Another thing is the length format that it returns was not specified(ie. whether its in bytes, kilobytes or megabytes)
that's why i am confused.

Do you know the format it returns?

Richard West

**Norm** · 08-15-2005, 10:02 AM

bytes.
Have you tried to download a HUGH file with a browser? What does it do?
I'm on a slow connection, bigger than 50M takes hours and hours!
I really doubt that any file you want to download can be over a billion bytes!
Do you know how large a number can be held in an int?
If so, there is something wrong with your design.

**freesoft_2000** · 08-15-2005, 10:43 AM

Hi everyone,

Originally Posted by Norm

bytes.
Do you know how large a number can be held in an int?

You are right norm. I don't know why that didn't cross my mind. I must really be stupid

Thanks norm for your help and its been a pleasure conversing with you

If only the world have more people like you this world would be a great place

Richard West

**public_service** · 08-15-2005, 06:05 PM

Originally Posted by freesoft_2000

Hi everyone,

You are right norm. I don't know why that didn't cross my mind. I must really be stupid

Thanks norm for your help and its been a pleasure conversing with you

If only the world have more people like you this world would be a great place

Richard West

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