StreamUtil (Cytoscape Swing App API (swing-app-api) 3.8.1 API)

```
public interface StreamUtil
```
A stateless utility class that provides special handling to support InputStreams and URLConnections over the network. If you intend to support the use of proxy servers, you should use this service.
Module: io-api
To use this in your app, include the following dependency in your POM:
```
<dependency>
    <groupId>org.cytoscape</groupId>
    <artifactId>io-api</artifactId>
</dependency>
```
Cytoscape Backwards Compatibility (API Interface): We expect that this interface will be used but not implemented by developers using this interface. As such, we reserve the right to add methods to the interface as part of minor version upgrades. We will not remove methods for any changes other than major version upgrades.

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type Field Description

static String URL_PATTERN

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`InputStream`	`getInputStream(String source)`	Gets the input stream from given a string.
`InputStream`	`getInputStream(URL source)`	Gets the input stream from given `URL`.
`URLConnection`	`getURLConnection(URL source)`	Obtain a `URLConnection` for a given `URL`.

- Field Detail
  - URL_PATTERN
```
static final String URL_PATTERN
```
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
- Method Detail
  - getInputStream
```
InputStream getInputStream(String source)
                    throws IOException
```
    Gets the input stream from given a string. Attempts to determine if the string is a URL or a File and then creates the appropriate InputStream. Proxy will be used if available.
    
    Parameters:
    
    source - The string from which to generate the InputStream.
    
    Returns:
    
    An input stream from the specified string.
    
    Throws:
    
    IOException
  - getInputStream
```
InputStream getInputStream(URL source)
                    throws IOException
```
    Gets the input stream from given URL. Proxy will be used if available.
    
    Parameters:
    
    source - The URL from which to generate the InputStream.
    
    Returns:
    
    An input stream from the specified URL.
    
    Throws:
    
    IOException
  - getURLConnection
```
URLConnection getURLConnection(URL source)
                        throws IOException
```
    Obtain a URLConnection for a given URL. Proxy will be used if available.
    
    Parameters:
    
    source - The URL from which to generate the URLConnection.
    
    Returns:
    
    An URLConnection from the specified URL.
    
    Throws:
    
    IOException