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 * Original developer: David Betz <dfb@davidbetz.net>
 * 
*/

using System;
using System.Net;
using System.Text;
using System.IO;

namespace General.Net
{
    public static class HttpAbstractor
    {
        public static String GetWebText(Uri uri) {
            HttpWebRequest myRequest = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(uri);

            HttpWebResponse myHttpWebResponse = (HttpWebResponse)myRequest.GetResponse( );

            StringBuilder rawResponse = new StringBuilder( );
            using (Stream streamResponse = myHttpWebResponse.GetResponseStream( )) {

                StreamReader streamRead = new StreamReader(streamResponse);

                Char[] readBuffer = new Char[256];
                int count = streamRead.Read(readBuffer, 0, 256);

                while (count > 0) {
                    String resultData = new String(readBuffer, 0, count);
                    rawResponse.Append(resultData);
                    count = streamRead.Read(readBuffer, 0, 256);
                }

                myHttpWebResponse.Close( );
            }
            return rawResponse.ToString( );
        }
    }
}