Send a request to www server using the HTTP protocol format using GET method.

GETMethod.java

import java.io.*;
import java.net.*;
import java.util.*;
//Send a request to www server using the HTTP protocol format using GET method
public class GETMethod{
  public static void main(String args[]){
    URL u = null;
    try{
      u = new URL("http://www.bbc.co.uk/accessibility/guides/");
      HttpURLConnection http = (HttpURLConnection) u.openConnection();
      http.setRequestMethod("GET");
      System.out.println(u + " was last modified at " + new Date(http.getLastModified()));
    }catch (MalformedURLException ex){
      System.err.println(u + "is not a well defined url");
    }catch (IOException ex){
      System.err.println(ex);
    }
    System.out.println();
  }
}