Load bitmap from a URL on BlackBerry (pre OS 10)

BitmapUtil.java

public static Bitmap loadBitmapFromURL(String url){
	TransportManager connManager = TransportManager.getInstance();
	HttpConnection httpConnection = null;
	DataOutputStream httpDataOutput = null;
	InputStream httpInput = null;
	int rc;
	Bitmap bitmp = null;
	        
	try {
		httpConnection = (HttpConnection) connManager.getConnection(url, Connector.READ_WRITE, true);
		httpConnection.setRequestMethod(HttpConnection.GET);
		httpConnection.setRequestProperty("Connection", "Keep-Alive");
		rc = httpConnection.getResponseCode();
	         
		if (rc != HttpConnection.HTTP_OK) {
	          throw new IOException("HTTP response code: " + rc);
		}
	         
		httpInput = httpConnection.openInputStream();
        byte buffer[] = new byte[10000];
		ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
		for (int bytesRead = httpInput.read(buffer); bytesRead > 0; bytesRead = httpInput.read(buffer)){
			baos.write(buffer, 0, bytesRead);
		}
	         
		baos.close();
	    byte[] ddd = baos.toByteArray();
        EncodedImage ei = JPEGEncodedImage.createEncodedImage(ddd, 0, ddd.length);
		return ei.getBitmap();
	} catch (Exception ex) {
		bitmp = Bitmap.getBitmapResource("img/blank.png");
	} 
	finally {
		try {
	        if (httpInput != null) httpInput.close();
			if (httpDataOutput != null) httpDataOutput.close();
			if (httpConnection != null) httpConnection.close();
		} catch (Exception e) {
			e.printStackTrace();
		}
	}
	return bitmp;
}