WebClient usage

gistfile1.java

String response = null;
HttpClient httpclient = null;
try {
    HttpGet httpget = new HttpGet(url.toURI());
    httpclient = new DefaultHttpClient();
    HttpResponse httpResponse = httpclient.execute(httpget);

    final int statusCode = httpResponse.getStatusLine().getStatusCode();
    if (statusCode != HttpStatus.SC_OK) {
        throw new Exception("Got HTTP " + statusCode 
            + " (" + httpResponse.getStatusLine().getReasonPhrase() + ')');
    }

    response = EntityUtils.toString(httpResponse.getEntity(), HTTP.UTF_8);

} catch (Exception e) {
    e.printStackTrace();

} finally {
    if (httpclient != null) {
        httpclient.getConnectionManager().shutdown();
        httpclient = null;
    }
}
return response;