Error while opening a web link in JEditorPane

Question

i am trying to open a link in jeditorpane but i am getting the falling error

**Exception in thread "main" java.net.UnknownHostException: www.google.com
at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connect(Unknown Source)
at java.net.SocksSocketImpl.connect(Unknown Source)
at java.net.Socket.connect(Unknown Source)
at java.net.Socket.connect(Unknown Source)
at sun.net.NetworkClient.doConnect(Unknown Source)
at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.openServer(Unknown Source)
at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.openServer(Unknown Source)
at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.<init>(Unknown Source)
at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.New(Unknown Source)
at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.New(Unknown Source)
at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getNewHttpClient(Unknown Source)
at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.plainConnect(Unknown Source)
at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.connect(Unknown Source)
at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getInputStream(Unknown Source)
at java.net.HttpURLConnection.getResponseCode(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.JEditorPane.getStream(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.JEditorPane.setPage(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.JEditorPane.setPage(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.JEditorPane.<init>(Unknown Source)
at GetWebPage.main(GetWebPage.java:7)**

below is my code

import javax.swing.JEditorPane;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JScrollPane;

public class GetWebPage {

    public static void main(String args[]) throws Exception {

        JEditorPane website = new JEditorPane("http://www.google.com/");
        website.setEditable(false);

        JFrame frame = new JFrame("Google");
        frame.add(new JScrollPane(website));
        frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
        frame.setVisible(true);
        frame.pack();
    }
}

Code is working fine on my side, please do check your internet settings... — nIcE cOw, Jul 08 '13 at 12:16
@JavaNoob http://stackoverflow.com/questions/120797/how-do-i-set-the-proxy-to-be-used-by-the-jvm — Loša, Jul 08 '13 at 12:29

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 08 '13 at 12:15

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Your code works for me. There is probably a problem with your DNS or proxy settings.

answered Jul 08 '13 at 12:15

Loša

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@JavaNoob http://stackoverflow.com/questions/120797/how-do-i-set-the-proxy-to-be-used-by-the-jvm – Loša Jul 08 '13 at 12:30

Error while opening a web link in JEditorPane

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