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   package net.mlw.util;
   
   import java.io.File;
   import java.io.FileWriter;
   import java.io.IOException;
   import java.io.InputStream;
   import java.net.URL;
   
   import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
  import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
  
  /***
   * @author Matthew L. Wilson
   * @version $Revision: 1.4 $ $Date: 2004/03/17 14:20:21 $
   */
  public final class NetUtils
  {
     /*** Commons Logger */
     public static final Log LOGGER = LogFactory.getFactory().getInstance(NetUtils.class);
  
     /*** Protect singleton. */
     private NetUtils()
     {
  
     }
  
     /*** Retrieves a file.
      * 
      * @param url The location of the file to retrieve.
      * @param local The location to store the file locally.
      * @throws IOException Thrown if thre is an issue saving the file.
      */
     public static void copyFile(URL url, File local) throws IOException
     {
        InputStream in = null;
        FileWriter writer = null;
  
        try
        {
           writer = new FileWriter(local);
           in = url.openStream();
           int c;
           while ((c = in.read()) != -1)
           {
              writer.write(c);
           }
        }
        finally
        {
           try
           {
              writer.flush();
              writer.close();
              in.close();
           }
           catch (Exception ignore)
           {
              LOGGER.error(ignore);
           }
        }
  
     }
  
  }