E="openUrlConnection(java.net.URL)"><!-- --></A><H3>
openUrlConnection</H3>
<PRE>
protected java.net.URLConnection <B>openUrlConnection</B>(java.net.URL&nbsp;url)
                                            throws java.io.IOException</PRE>
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<DD>Can be overridden in subclasses to customize the URL connection opening
 process. By default, just calls <CODE>URL.openConnection()</CODE>.
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<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>url</CODE> - the URL
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>a connection to the URL.
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