Read body of HttpURLConnection as String

Sample.java

package com.ibm.sample;

import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
import java.net.URL;

public class Sample {

    public void getSomeUrl(String sessionUrl, String method) throws IOException {
		URL uri = new URL(sessionUrl);
		HttpURLConnection connection = (HttpURLConnection) uri.openConnection();
		connection.setRequestMethod(method);
		connection.setRequestProperty("content-type", "application/x-www-form-url-encoded");
		//connection.setDoOutput(true);
		connection.connect();
		
		StringBuffer body = new StringBuffer();
		int httpStatus = getConnectionResponse(connection, body);
		System.out.println("Response:");
		System.out.println("  httpStatus: '" + httpStatus + "'");
		System.out.println("  headers: '" + connection.getHeaderFields().toString() + "'");
		System.out.println("  body: '" + body.toString() + "'");
		
	}
	
	public int getConnectionResponse(HttpURLConnection connection, StringBuffer bodyOut) throws IOException {
		int httpStatus = connection.getResponseCode();
		if (bodyOut != null && connection.getInputStream() != null) {
			BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(connection.getInputStream()));
			String inputLine;
			
			while ((inputLine = in.readLine()) != null) {
				bodyOut.append(inputLine);
			}
			in.close();
		}
		return httpStatus;
	}
    
    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
    	Sample s = new Sample();
        System.out.println("HEAD: ");
        s.getSomeUrl("http://www.google.co.jp", "HEAD");
        System.out.println("");
        System.out.println("GET: ");
        s.getSomeUrl("http://www.google.co.jp", "GET");
    }

}