Python to Java translation of short code

Question

I found this really simple code written in Python:

opener = urllib2.build_opener()
data=opener.open(request)
data.read(1024)
length=ord(data.read(1))*8
print data.read(length)

and I want to rewrite it in Java. Can you help me? I can't seem to find what the data.read() methods are for, Python docs really confuse me. Newbie here.

looks like a homework assignment... otherwise it's strange that you "found" this code, don't know what it does, but need it in Java. — webjunkie
– webjunkie, Commented Mar 10, 2011 at 12:42

Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams · Accepted Answer · 2011-03-10 12:40:03Z

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It opens a URL for reading, reads 1 kibibyte of data and discards it, reads one byte of data, turns that byte into a number, multiplies it by 8, and reads that many more bytes.

answered Mar 10, 2011 at 12:40

Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams

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user584513 Over a year ago

when you say it discards it, does the reading afterwards continue from that point? 1024? maybe that's why it's there..

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